The Horn of Africa since 2018 Continuities, Transformations, and Prospects

1. Introduction

Jan Záhořík and Aleksi Ylönen

Part I: Continuities

2. Beyond the War in Tigray: Multiple Consequences of the Crisis in Ethiopia

Jan Záhořík and Ameyu Godesso Roro

3. Enduring Authoritarianism, Endemic Instability, and Elusive Peace in Sudan

Aleksi Ylönen and Jan Záhořík

4. Proxies and Powers: Clan Federalism, Unification Attempts, and State-building in Somalia

Viktor Marsai

5. Political Continuity in Eritrea: Domestic and Foreign Policy Considerations

Aleksi Ylönen

6. Djibouti: A Small State with a Big Role?

Jan Záhořík

7. South Sudan and the Revitalized Peace Agreement: Continuities and Prospects after 2018

Leben Nelson Moro and Alice Robinson

Part II: Transformations

8. Can The Center Hold? Dynamics of Political Change and Instability in Contemporary Ethiopia

Tezera Tazebew

9. Opposing the Regime in Post-1991 Ethiopia: The Multinational Opposition’s Reshaping, Survival, and Current Opportunities

Jean-Nicolas Bach

10. Somalia’s Politics and Regional Relations: From Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Fatuma Ahmed Ali and Aleksi Ylönen

11. Three Decades of De Facto Independence: Somaliland’s Economic and Political Transformation

Amal Ali

12. African Union’s Quest for Peace in Somalia: Contextualizing the Transition from AMISOM to ATMIS

Miguel Mbiavanga Ajú

Part III: Prospects

13. The Political Economy of Extra-Regional Relations in the Horn of Africa: The Quest for Reform and Conflict Resolution in Ethiopia in the Post-2018 Period

Solomon M. Gofie

14. Gambella since the Prosperity Party: Some Reflections on Politics, Social Cohesion, and the Near Future of a Periphery

Yousif Gilo Omod and Alexander Meckelburg

15. Geopolitics–Ports Politics Nexus: The Case of Port of Berbera, Somaliland

Nasir M. Ali, Sihaam A. Mumin, and Soreer H. Bulhan

16. The Gate of the Horn: The Political Economy of Djibouti in a Shifting Regional Context

Benedikt Kamski and Günter Schröder

17. Investment Perspectives, Indebtedness, and Local Perceptions about China across IGAD Countries

István Tarrósy and Zoltán Vörös

Biography

Jan Záhořík is an Associate Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of West Bohemia, and received his PhD (African studies) at Charles University, Prague. His main interests are the modern and contemporary history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, nationalism, conflict, migration-security-development nexus, Czechoslovak-African relations during the Cold War, etc. He has lectured at around 20 universities in Africa, the USA, and the EU. Recently, he collaborated as a co-editor and author on Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa (Routledge, 2022). In January 2023, he received an Award for Internationalization in Research from the rector of the University of West Bohemia. He has developed productive links with universities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, Senegal, etc.

Aleksi Ylönen is a researcher and a professor specializing in Politics and International Relations in the greater Horn of Africa. Over the past two decades, he has conducted wide-ranging research in the Horn and taught peace, conflict, security, and strategic studies and international politics courses extensively both in Africa and Europe. Dr. Ylönen collaborates with individual researchers and various higher education and research institutions in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a member of a number of expert networks and professional organizations. He has authored and edited several books and altogether over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and his work has also been published in various other scholarly and non-academic outlets. Dr. Ylönen engages in frequent expert commentary for research institutions and conventional and online media.