The Horn of Africa Since the 1960s: Local and International Politics Intertwined

ISBN-13: 9780367881764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 270 str.

Aleksi Ylonen; Jan Zahořik

Opis

The Horn of Africa is one of the most dynamic and politically turbulent sub-regions on the African continent. Host to great ancient civilizations, diverse peoples, and expansive states, it has experienced massive social, economic, and political transformation. This volume consists of chapters by expert African and international scholars tha

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Turbulent Political Developments in the Horn of Africa in the Cold War: The central role of Ethiopia, 1960s to 1980s

3. States Breaking and Dominoes Falling? Considerations of Separatism and International Recognition in the Horn of Africa

4. External Factors and Their Impact on Internal Political Dynamics in Ethiopia

5. State making, transnational clientelism and political communities in the Horn of Africa

6. Ethiopia and China: Changing Relations

7. Eritrea: A Sub-Regional Menace?

8. Somali Independence and its political connections with Nasser’s Egypt

9. When the outside is inside: International features of the Somali "civil" war

10. Crisis of Statehood in Somalia

11. Any Prospects for Future Peace? Politics and War Surrounding the Sudan-South Sudan Conundrum

12. Affirmation or Erosion of Sovereignty in the Horn of Africa? The Case of De Facto State Somaliland

13. A hybrid actor in the Horn of Africa: An analysis of Turkey’s involvement in Somalia

14. South Sudan’s Oil and International Engagement

15. Islamization, Arabization and the Break-Up of the Sudan

O autorze

Aleksi Ylönen is a Research Fellow, Center for International Studies, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal.

Jan Záhořík is Associate Professor at the Centre for African Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic.