Zenawi has largely escaped sanction from his Western allies, in part because the erudite ex-Marxist had a friendly relationship with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and cooperated closely with the Bush administration in counter-terrorism efforts in the Horn of Africa.
泽纳维之所以没有受到西方盟友的制裁，部分原因是这位博学的前马克思主义者和英国前首相托尼·布莱尔私交良好，而且在对非洲之角的反恐行动中，他和布什政府有着密切的合作。