Insightful articles on the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region (which has now embroiled the Amhara and Afar regions as well) sorted in reverse chronological order. Last Update: Oct 26, 2021
Background
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Atlantic Community Mistake On Ethiopia | Jon Abbink | Mar 30, 2021 |
| Background on the Tigray Conflict | Eliezer Abate | Mar 20 2021 |
| Operations to Restore Law and Order in Ethiopia | Abiy Ahmed | Dec 24 2020 |
| A War Won to Preserve the Nation-State | Lawrence Freeman | Nov 29 2020 |
| What is Happening in Ethiopia? | Neamin Zeleke | Nov 20 2020 |
On Western Pressure
On the Ceasefire
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| What Really Happened in Ethiopia? | Neamin Zeleke | Jul 15 2021 |
On Child Soldiers
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Must Respond to Use of Child Soldiers in Tigray | Ann Fitzgerald + Hugh Segal | Jul 23 2021 |
| Ethiopia: TPLF's Sacrificial Lambs | Jeff Pearce | Jul 20 2021 |
| Child Soldiers in Tigray: Biden's Hypocrisy and Moral Depravity | Al Mariam | Jul 17 2021 |
On the Post-Ceasefire State of the War
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Will Negotiations with the TPLF work? | Yodahe Zemichael | Sep 21 2021 |
| Getting Things Right on the Ethiopia Conflict | Jon Abbink | Aug 29 2021 |
On Annexation of Welkait and other Territories
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Welkait: Geo Strategic importance and Consequential Annexation | Moges Kelklie et. al | Aug 2 2021 |
On Western Media and UN Bias
On Facebook
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook's Role in Destabilizing Ethiopia | Simo Parviainen | Oct 6 2021 |
On Ethiopia's PR Failure
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| What Explains Biden's Counterintuitive Policy on TPLF's War on Ethiopia | Yonas Biru | Aug 02 2021 |
| Ethiopia Risks Unravelling for Lack of PR | Yonas Biru | Apr 10 2021 |
| Lesson for Ethiopia's Engagement with Egypt | Yonas Biru | Mar 11 2021 |
Tigrayan Perspectives
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Our Suffering May Not Be Convenient But it Is Real | Temesgen Kahsay | Aug 03 2021 |
| Why We Don’t Agree on What We have Seen | Teklai Gebremichael | Aug 01 2021 |
| Interview with General Tsadkan | Tghat Media | Jun 07 2021 |
Understanding the TPLF
| Article | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Federalism and Authoritarian Survival in Ethiopia | Yohannes Gedamu | Dec 2017 |
| Ethnosymbolism and the Dismemberment of the State | Assefa Mehretu | Aug 2009 |
| The EPRDF and the Crisis of the Ethiopian State | Aregawi Berhe | Aug 2001 |
| Ethiopia Holding Elections in Federal System | NY Times | May 1995 |
| The Origins of the Tigray People's Liberation Front | Aregawi Berhe | Oct 2004 |
| An Analysis of the New Constitution of Ethiopia | Theodore Vestal | 1996 |
| Political Development in Ethiopia | Samuel Huntington | Apr 1993 |
| Meles Zenawi Interview with the CIA's Paul Henze | Meles Zenawi | Apr 1990 |