Publications & Tools

(USIP)
December 2011

USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace.

September 2007
Countries: Ethiopia
Political Violence and Democratic Uncertainty in Ethiopia - SR 192  (Image: USIP)
August 2007 | Special Report by Lahra Smith

Ethiopia’s domestic politics have produced violence and continuing tension over the past two years. The deep shortcomings in the country’s democratization and state-building processes may remain unresolved as the worsening instability of the region takes precedence.

Countries: Ethiopia | Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
January 2007

David Smock is interviewed on Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia, and event that thrusted Somalia back into the international spotlight.

Countries: Ethiopia, Somalia
September 2006 | Book by Mohammed O. Maundi, I. William Zartman, Gilbert M. Khadiagala, Kwaku Nuamah

This penetrating study of successful mediation in a half-dozen violent conflicts across the African continent focuses on a hitherto neglected dimension of mediation and the motivations of the parties in conflict—and of the mediators themselves—in initiating the mediation option.

Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa - SR 140 (Image: USIP)
May 2005 | Special Report by David Dickson
Terrorism in the Horn of Africa - SR 113 (Image: USIP)
January 2004 | Special Report by Tim Docking
Countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
U.S. Leadership in Resolving African Conflict - SR 74 (Image: USIP)
September 2001 | Special Report by John Prendergast

John Prendergast was part of the facilitation team behind the two-and-a-half-year U.S. effort to broker an end to the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This report is the final installment of a five-part series on African conflicts, the previous four of which were also published by the Institute as Special Reports during Prendergast's tenure as an Institute executive fellow.

September 2001
December 2000
Countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia