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"The Horn of Africa is a deeply troubled region engulfed in three interlocking crises. The first is a security crisis characterized by a range of devastating inter-state, intra-state and inter-communal conflicts. The second is an economic crisis, evidenced by widespread debilitating poverty, chronic food insecurity, and frequent cycles of famines. The effects of the third--environmental--crisis are all too visible in the droughts, deforestation and desertification ravaging the region. Furthermore, these three crises are mutually reinforcing, locking the region into a cycle of disaster. Conflicts contribute to poverty, which in turn intensifies environmental degradation, leading to scarcities which fuel further conflicts. In this clear and authoritative guide, Kidane Mengisteab explores the key drivers of instability in the Horn of Africa, suggesting structural and institutional changes that, if implemented, could help lift the region out of crisis. The Horn's complex crises must be tackled in a comprehensive manner. But, he contends, this can only be achieved if the causes of conflict are addressed head-on. Without peace, the region cannot resolve its economic problems, and nor can it develop the capabilities required to cope with environmental change. The Horn of Africa will be essential reading for students and scholars in conflict and security studies, as well as anyone with an interest in learning more about the dynamics of this troubled region."--Page 4 of cover.

"The Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa. Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance, due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal. Divided into sections on authoritarianism and resistance, religion and politics, migration, economic integration, the military and regimes and liberation, the contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative knowledge on the region in light of contemporary strategic concerns. The handbook investigates how political, economic and security innovations have been implemented, sometimes with violence, by use of force, or by negotiation; including 'ethnic federalism' in Ethiopia, independence in Eritrea and South Sudan, integration of the traditional authorities in the (neo)patrimonial administrations, Somalian Islamic Courts, the Sudanese Islamist regime, people's movements, multilateral operations and the construction of an architecture for regional peace and security. Accessibly written, this handbook is an essential read for scholars, students and policy professionals interested in the contemporary politics in the Horn of Africa"--

Front cover; Africa Now; About the editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Diasporas for peace and development; Arguments for and against in migration studies; The book; References; PART ONE Contextualizing the Horn of Africa and the diaspora; 1 Diaspora and multi-level governance for peace; Multi-level governance; Recognition of African diaspora; Interaction with diaspora; The question of representation; Conclusions; References; Interviews; 2 Regional political history and the production of diasporas; Introduction; Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The specter of revolution and war -- Roots and outcomes of revolution: a review -- Comrades against comrades -- The victorious nationalists: insurgent Eritrea -- The victorious ethnonationalists: insurgent Tigray -- The vanquished revolutionary army: birth and evolution -- The vanquished revolutionary army: defeat and demise -- Battlefield Ethiopia -- Ogaden: "socialist" neighbors at war -- Nakfa: "even the mountains fought" -- Af Abet: Ethiopia's Dienbienphu? -- Shire: "unexpected grand failure" -- Massawa: the denouement -- Conclusions -- 1998: postscript

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Map -- Introduction -- 1 US Foreign Policy Making and the Horn of Africa -- 2 The US and the Horn in the Cold War -- 3 Facing Sudan's Islamist Regime -- 4 Intervention in Somalia -- 5 New Friends for the US? Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti -- 6 Confronting Sudan -- 7 Peacemaking in Sudan -- 8 Somalia's Long Shadow -- Conclusion -- Bibliography

In 1998 a bloody war erupted in The Horn of Africa between Ethiopia and Eritrea. During the war Ethiopia arrested and expelled 70,000 of its citizens, and stripped another 50,000-plus of their citzenship on the basis of their presumed ethnicity. Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa examines the events which led up to the war, documents the expulsions and denationalisations that took place and follows the flight of these stateless Ethiopians out of the Horn into Europe. The core issue examined is the link between sovereignty and statelessness as this plays o

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Methodological Approach and Ethical Issues -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Diasporic Identities and Subjectivities -- 2.1 Seeking Revealing Movements -- 2.1.1 Playing with Subtraction and Addition -- 2.2 Ways of Being-in-Diaspora -- 2.2.1 The Italo-Somali Egg -- 2.2.2 Two Somalias and Two Italys -- 2.2.3 Being 2G, or Italian in Another Way -- 2.2.4 Italian, but My Mind and Heart Are in Eritrea -- 2.2.5 The Italian Missione -- 2.2.6 Italians but Eritreans -- 2.2.7 Recognizing the Eritrean Part, but Not the Italian One -- 2.2.8 Anfez -- 2.2.9 Hamar and the Italian Generation -- 2.2.10 The Egg's Son: A Double Culture -- 2.3 Outside the European Map -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Chapter 3: Postcolonial Memories of Colonialism -- 3.1 Theoretical Framework -- 3.2 Remembering the Law that Discriminated Against People of Mixed Races -- 3.2.1 The Eaters of Cows -- 3.2.2 Are You of Mixed Race? -- 3.2.3 Black Eritrea -- 3.2.4 Being "Half and Half" -- Being Sons of Italians: sciarmutte and asuk (the Lost People) -- 3.2.5 Carne d'uomo -- 3.2.6 Today's Yesterday: People to Enslave -- 3.2.7 Gaal, terroni, and polentoni -- 3.2.8 Five Years of Fear -- 3.2.9 Patriotism and Corruption -- 3.2.10 Destruction, War, and Exploitation -- 3.2.11 Insabbiati, Slaves, and Masters -- 3.2.12 Mussolini's Gas -- 3.2.13 Examining the ascaro's Heritage: Yesterday and Today -- 3.2.14 Looking for Ghosts -- 3.2.15 Italian Apartheid -- 3.3 Colonialism as a Mirror -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: The Black Mediterranean -- 4.1 Theoretical Framework -- 4.2 The Black Mediterranean's Stories -- 4.2.1 As New Slaves in the Mediterranean -- 4.2.2 The Color Line at Lampedusa -- 4.2.3 Lampedusa-Brindisi, "Picking Tomatoes" -- 4.2.4 Europe Is a Culprit, in the Mediterranean.