Articles on the Tigray Conflict
January 20, 2022
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 |