The Tragedy of Transition in Ethiopia and Sudan
The collapse of the 2018–19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...
My new essay in Current History reflects on transitional crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. It treats these cases as part of the same story- not just because their transitions played out at roughly same time, but because they were burdened by similar problems and proved to be interdependent in key ways.
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Tomorrow at 4:30PM at #Dartmouth or online: The Red Sea in Crisis -- Peace & Turmoil in Africa and the Middle East. Susan Stigant, & Michael Woldemariam explore the complex transregional dynamics & their implications on global trade and security and the U.S. interests at stake.
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