This book attempts to inquire the potential of federations to avert spillover effects of political instability taking the Ethiopian federation as a case in point. Accordingly, this book argues that somalias collapse and political instability has been contributing to the political disorder of Ethiopias somali region. The stranded ethnic group beyond and within the Ethio-Somali border, the unpleasant legacy of inter state relation between the two states and the simultanious collapse of both regimes in 1991 are mentioned as major factors, among others, for the diffusion of ...