In the reactions to several interviews I recently gave to different YouTube videos, I have witnessed a number of misunderstandings that need to be straightened out, with the exclusion, as one would expect, of the deliberate distortions coming from the…
The desire to allow open access to a large number of Ethiopian readers explains the reason why this manuscript was not submitted to a normal academic publisher. At first, an academic institute in Addis Ababa agreed to meet the condition…
Without a doubt, the counter-attacks of the Ethiopian armed forces can be characterized as a success: they achieved the goal of ousting TPLF’s invading troops from Amhara and Afar regions in a relatively short time and inflicted on them heavy…
This short paper is a philosophical rather than legal review of the Ethiopian Constitution from the vantage point of Article 39. If you add or put together distinct objects, you will not obtain an organic unity. The object is mechanically…
One thing that has been most incomprehensible for many Ethiopian observers, activists, and politicians is the barrage of one-sided criticisms coming from Western capitals since the eruption in November of an armed conflict between the federal government and the TPLF’s…
Nation-building is the process by which peoples with diverse origins, histories, languages, and cultures and living under one political rule develop over time common interests, goals, and values that are sufficient enough to make them want to continue to live…
On the Support of some Western Circles to the TPLF One thing that is as surprising as the swift military defeat of the TPLF is the support that it gets from some Western circles. In light of the TPLF’s abysmal…
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate,” Carl Jung. One thing is sure: political movements that vent ethnic mottos have great mobilizing power, greater than class or any other group movement. Not only…
Post-TPLF or Phase One? Since Abiy Ahmed’s election to a premiership, constant provocation and insubordination have been the hallmark of the TPLF’s dealings with the federal government. That these defiant and provocative behaviors were designed to create a political instability…
Nothing is more confusing than the use of the term “nation” in Ethiopia. Though the country still presents characteristics that justify its status as a nation, it also exhibits others that dispute the characterization. In light of these other features,…