Commentary
Ethiopia’s Boundary Policy: From Imperial Consolidation to Contemporary Contradictions
Prefatory Summary: The Narrative According to the Ethiopian Reporter In January 2021, the Ethiopian newspaper The Reporter published…
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Simon Stefanos
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When Strategic Cooperation Becomes Reckless: Russia’s Naval and Nuclear Agreements with Ethiopia
Executive Summary In 2024, Ethiopia and Russia signed agreements expanding cooperation in nuclear energy and naval defense. Both…
Horn of AfricaOpinion
Ethiopia’s Sea Access Gambit: Between Diplomacy, Military Revisionism, and Propaganda
Ethiopia’s Maritime Puzzle Since losing its coastline with Eritrea’s independence in 1993, Ethiopia has wrestled with dependence on…
OpinionOpinion
The Cartographic and Media Wars Fueling Eritrea–Ethiopia Tensions
In 1997, Germany’s development agency, GTZ, provided technical support to Ethiopia’s Tigray regional administration for the production of…
Analysis
Oromummaa and the Reimagination of Oromo Identity: Cultural Ideology, Political Mobilization, and Geopolitical Tensions in the Horn of Africa
Abstract Oromummaa—the concept of “Oromo-ness”— has emerged as a foundational ideology for contemporary Oromo political, cultural, and national…