The Interdependence that Turned to Convergence of Crises: Deciphering the Impasse of Ethio-Eritrean Conflic
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tarekegn Adebo (Associate Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andargachew Tilahun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-01T09:20:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-01T09:20:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The intent of the study was to identify the foremost cause of the Ethio-Eritrean conflict, indeed it bounced directly from the complex background because of „quick-fix‟ alliance of the governing fronts of TPLF/EPRDF and PFDJ, which later evolved to embark on futile economic ties. Besides, this thesis explores both the pre and post-civil war relations of the TPLF and EPLF to show their role in the sudden eruption of the Ethio-Eritrea war 1998. Among the notable contribution of the study is an economic tie cannot be warranty of peace, rather avail additional factors for conflict that would otherwise be guided by sincere regulation, accountability, competent institutions and vigorous political commitments. An examination of economic ties shades light on the peaceful coexistence of the two regimes, but culminate in after dissolved the currency union and denied Eritrea from accessing the common market. Unbearable to the post-exit cost, Eritrea applied military force to change the status quo, yet Ethiopia emerged determinedly to defend it. The Badme incidence was the convergence of crises, which fetched diachronically from failed policies (unsettled issues) and coupled synchronically by the post-exit policy constraints. The economic ties of Ethiopia and Eritrea including the basic statistics, the political basis, policies and agreements etc. re-examined with the intent that shade light on conflict nexus interdependence, and to contribute for the ongoing initiatives if a negotiated peace might draw from economic realm. A multiple case studies method applied to examine the correlation economic resources, domestic politics and security, and thereby identify causation, conduct and outcomes of the interstate war. The Ethio-Eritrea border dispute is rooted in the preceding engagements. Neither the war fought redresses the longstanding incompatibilities, nor evolved win-win verdicts from the Algiers peace deal. The management of politics over the years of post-settlement rather added new challenge for enforcing the rulings, which released on 13, April 2002. The impasse has been intermeshed: within the political insecurity in each state, lethargic political transformation, mutual intervention including the proxy conflict, and the alliance effect-Washington‟s global anti-terrorism war in the Horn of Africa. The impasse became ripe for a rapprochement in June 2018, mainly due to crises of preceding tactics; the perceived risk of continuing with the impasse mounted high; and the rise of interdependent goals by primary and secondary actors. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/5268 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.title | The Interdependence that Turned to Convergence of Crises: Deciphering the Impasse of Ethio-Eritrean Conflic | |
| dc.type | Thesis |