The Red Sea Roulette
What actually transpired was an exhibition in diplomatic theatre of such refined quality that it merits examination not as a…
The Architecture of Collapse: Ethiopia’s Convergent Crises and the Question of Civilisational Survival
How regional war, electoral consolidation, diaspora uprising, and conflicting visions of national identity threaten to unravel the Horn of Africa’s…
From Mandela’s Ethiopian Trainer to Today’s Xenophobic Violence
South Africa’s government has taken strong positions on global conflicts, including: Filing a genocide case against Israel Condemning Western governments…
When Democracy Weakens: Fragile Political Cultures and Fascistic Drift
What happened: Ethiopia's political history shows a pattern of democratic language used to mask authoritarian rule. This trend is not…
Ethiopia’s “Most Open Election” and the Architecture of Managed Democracy
The Economist's judgment will ultimately be tested not in editorial columns but in the lived experience of Ethiopians. If the…
Gold Cannot Buy Time: Ethiopia’s Debt Crisis and the Collapse of the Official Narrative
This gap is not accidental. It is engineered. Over the past eighteen months, the government has constructed an elaborate counter-narrative…
The Abraham Accords: The Force Re‑shaping the Gulf–Red Sea–Horn Energy & Geopolitical Architecture (Part II)
By Mefkereseb G. Hailu (PhD) Editorial Forward Part 2 of Mefkereseb G. Hailu’s four-part series on the Abraham Accords arrives…
WHEN TEWODROS SINGS, ETHIOPIA LISTENS AND THE PALACE TREMBLES
The press conference that never happened spoke louder than any speech. In the days leading up to the release, Teddy…
Pictures, Pejorative Discourse, and the “Ape” Insult
This essay examines the historical and cultural origins of the “ape” insult as applied to racialised groups, tracing a line…
Fascism at Work: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Lies, Hatred, and Incompetence in Ethiopia
The article we present in this edition "Fascism at Work: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Lies, Hatred, and Incompetence in Ethiopia" is one…