The 1977 superpower realignment in the Horn was seismic

Evidence

In April Mengistu’s regime retorted by closing U.S. installations (including the Kagnew communications station in Asmara – no doubt less significant to U.S. strategy since the acquisition of Diego Garcia), expelling U.S. personnel, and angrily denouncing the hypocrisy of human rights criticisms, which it was claimed had never been voiced against the Emperor. This move signalled the commencement of a seismic shift in superpower alignments in the Horn of Africa with wide-ranging consequences, the full repercussions of which were difficult to foresee, far less measure. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 563 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The Ogaden conflict, as we have seen, prompted an extraordinary volte-face in superpower alignments in the Horn of Africa. The Russians who had, as it were, come in to Somalia with the Ogaden (see above), went out with it, an about-turn which testified to the abiding force of local nationalism in the area – a point to which we shall return shortly. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 574 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 563; Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict; Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 574

Related

• Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. (similarity 0.96)
• Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden (similarity 0.93)
• Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict (similarity 0.91)
• By 1978 Somalia had lost superpower patronage while Ethiopia switched camps (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn. #corroborates (0.80) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 563
• Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict #qualifies (0.70)
• Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden #qualifies (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 574