Ethiopia ← Mehari Taddele Maru

Economic Development, Democratic Governance, Peace and Security and Regional Integration: the case of Ethiopia

Feb

17

2016

Although successful in dismantling the unitary state system of Ethiopia, EPRDF is still struggling for a clear vision around which Ethiopian state building and its diverse people can rally. Dominating the political space for more than two decades, EPRDF has been striving to build a new federal developmental State. Ethiopia, under EPRDF, has made unprecedented ...

In Defense of the IGAD-led Mediation Original Position on Multi-stakeholder Negotiations

May

9

2015

The South Sudan crisis has invited many parallel peace initiative alongside the IGAD-led mediation, such as the Arusha Intra-party process, the Khartoum process and the less talked about Entebbe meetings. In addition to siphoning off scarce resources and eroding the necessary sense of urgency and shared purpose, these parallel processes also produced widely divergent end ...

Migration Governance in Ethiopia: The need for a comprehensive National Policy on Migration

May

9

2015

The heinous and diabolical mass murder of innocent Ethiopian migrants in Libya by Islamic State (IS) Libya highlights the need for broad public dialogue, including particular interfaith consultations, on religious extremism as well as a swift governmental response to the emergency situation. As our response was united, firm and quick, long-term sustained well-reasoned action against ...

Ethiopia’s Policy towards the AU: Time to look beyond unique contributions and special responsibilities

Apr

16

2015

Dr. iur. Mehari Taddele Maru and Abel Abate http://addisstandard.com/ethiopias-policy-towards-the-au-time-to-look-beyond-unique-contributions-special-responsibilities/ Ethiopia’s Pan-African positions promoted by the three regimes were equally solid, nevertheless, their policies foundations and ambitions in relation to the AU were unambiguously divergent. While the regimes of Emperor Haile Selassie and Colonel Mengistu were outward looking and excessively externalized Ethiopia’s internal problems, the current regime ...

Ethiopia’s Ad hoc AU Policy

Apr

12

2015

This is an abridged version of a forthcoming longer and more substantive article, which will be published as a chapter of a book in 2015 by Zed publishers. Ethiopia’s absence of a long-term and substantive policy toward the African Union (AU) has resulted in a missed opportunity to play a more robust role and well-formulated ...

Ethiopian Foreign Policy and the IGAD Region

Nov

23

2014

Policy Brief on Ethiopia’s Regional Diplomacies: Dominant Interpretation of the Horn of AfricaDr Mehari SAIIA PB recently published by SAIIA. This is an abridged version of a forthcoming longer and more substantive article, which will be published as a chapter of a book in 2015. The article examines Ethiopia’s regional diplomacy, its vital role in the ...

My book entitled: ‘The Kampala Convention and Its Contributions to International Law’

Jun

18

2014

With a foreword by Dr Francis Deng, Ambassador and leading scholar in the field and the Former Under-Secretary General Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and an introduction by AU former Commissioner of Political Affairs, Mrs Julia Joiner, the book analyses in great depth the provisions of the Kampala Convention in ...

‘Resetting’ AU-NATO relations: From ad hoc military-technical cooperation to strategic partnership

Jun

18

2014

A significant milestone and a major diplomatic progress, on 8 May 2014, an agreement has been signed between the African Union Commission and NATO on establishment and status of a NATO Liaison Office in Addis Ababa.The generally states that NATO will “provide support to the AU as requested by the AUC, in particular to the ...

The crisis in South Sudan and its implications for Ethiopia

Dec

28

2013

The crisis in South Sudan and its implications for Ethiopia Ethiopia’s active mediation role in the current crisis is commendable and justified. While IGAD under the leadership of Ethiopia provides the best vehicle for dialogue, Ethiopia has a very high stake in this crisis due to a number of factors. A peaceful region, the two ...

The Crisis in South Sudan and Its Causes

Dec

27

2013

The Real Reasons behind South Sudan Crisishttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/12/real-reasons-behind-south-sudan-crisis-2013122784119779562.html Borne out of a post-independence political indulgence and inclination marked by the absence of any credible and meaningful reform, it was not surprising that the crisis in the SPLM erupted at the top echelon of political power. During the armed struggle for independence, the glue that kept the ...