Ethiopia's Insecurity Complex

Protest, Transition, and War
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-95445-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa

Ethiopia has been going through the most tumultuous period in its recent history, with conflict and civil war killing tens of thousands and leaving millions displaced. This book investigates the escalation and making of the current crises in Ethiopia, starting with the root causes of the protests (2015-2018), the bumpy transition (2018-2021), the civil war in the North (Nov 2020-Nov 2022), and ongoing violence in Amhara and Oromia regions, taking us up to 2024.

Adopting a diachronic approach, the book brings in historical insights to help us to understand the causes of the crises and how they have led to current realities on the ground. The book presents a multiscalar analysis, investigating local identity and security concerns, and state-level political, economic and security dynamics. Using the concept of the intrastate insecurity complex, the book sheds light on contested notions of security between state security at the one hand and societal security—the security of ethno-linguistic or cultural groups—on the other. It also takes into account the relevance of regime security in the complex dynamics between state and societal security.

Providing fresh conceptual and analytical perspectives on the unfolding situation, the book will be an important read for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners interested in governance, development and security issues in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gebresenbet, Fana

Tariku, Yonas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Intrastate Insecurity Complex: The Intricacies of State, Regime, and Societal Security  Section I: The Fundamentals of Ethiopia’s (In)Security  1. Prisoners of the Political Past? Ethno-Nationalism and the Difficulty of Imagining a Common Future  2. Ethiopia’s National Security: Post-2018 Politico-Military Vulnerabilities and Threats  Section II: Facilitating Insecurity: Elites, Technology and Political Economy  3. The Political Economy of Developmentalism: Distributive Crisis, Inequality, and Insecurity  4. Ethiopian Elites in Transition: Fragmentation, Polarisation and Insecurity Dynamics  5. Drone Discourse: Contemporary Technologies of Warfare in Ethiopia  Section III: Understanding the Complex Web of Insecurity  6. From Protest Movements to Armed Insurgency: The Dynamics of Conflict and Insecurity in Oromia, Ethiopia  7. Amhara: Emerging Ethnic Nationalism and Insurgency  8. Tigray’s Dilemma: Historical Roots and Contemporary Dynamics  9. The Somali Region in Ethiopia’s Insecurity Complex: Towards Centring the Periphery?  10. Federalism, Insecurity and the Pursuit of an Own Ethnic Region in Southern Ethiopia  Concluding Remarks: Intrastate Insecurity as a Complex Systemic Dynamics

Über Autor(innen)

Yonas Tariku (PhD) is an assistant professor and academic coordinator at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University. He teaches Theories of Security, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Resolution. His primary research area focuses on security, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding. His latest publications include The Near Neighbors: Revisiting the Dynamics of Ethiopia’s Relations with Eritrea and Somalia (2025); and The Politics of National Liberation in Ethiopia: Origins of and Responses to State Weakness, Insecurity, and Insurgency (2024).

Fana Gebresenbet (PhD) is an associate professor of development and peacebuilding, and former Director of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University. His research interest primarily focuses on politics of development, political economy, migration, and security studies in Ethiopia and the Horn. He published articles and book chapters on these topics.