• The Global 1960s: A View from Latin America

    Skylight Hotel

    Eric Zolov, PhD Stony Brook University - Eric Zolov is Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Stony Brook University. He received his BA from Colby College (1987), and MA in International Relations/Latin American Studies (1990) and PhD in History (1995) from the University of Chicago. The author of The Last Good Neighbor: […]

  • Reflections on tragedy and healing: The role of Indigenous wisdom in Ethiopia

    RAS MEKONNEN HALL

    Dr Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes - is a Senior Lecturer, multidisciplinary researcher and writer based at Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education, Australia. Drawing from the history, philosophy and experiences of marginalised people and diverse communities, Yirga contributes critical insights for re imagining the future and addressing epistemic and racial injustices. He researches African experience […]

  • Somalia Elections: Implications to the Greater Horn

    *This is a closed session* FES and IPSS are re-establishing their monthly Breakfast Meeting Series on topics related to peace and security issues in the Horn of Africa. The first meeting in this series will take place on 7 July 2022. It will focus on the regional implications of the re-election of  Somalia’s President Hassan […]

  • The Hydro-politics of the GERD in the Global and National Political Crisis: Negotiations, Mediation and Rhetoric of Conflicts

    *By Invitation Only/Closed Session* The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a center of regional political interaction in what is known as the Eastern Nile Basin. For a decade, the dam has shaped the hydro-politics of the Nile, particularly the tripartite political relation between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. Unprecedented negotiations unfolded inviting major global […]

  • Pre-Tana Multi Stakeholders Dialogue – Climate and Security in Africa: Focus on the Sahel

    Hybrid | Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa | Zoom

    Download: Concept Note (EN) | Concept Note (FR) | Agenda (EN) | Agenda (FR) Register: Here The 10th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa will take place in 2022  in Bahir Dar in hybrid format under the theme, “Managing Security Threats: Building Resilience for the Africa We Want”. In line with […]

  • African and European views of the new global order

    Bayerischer Hof, Yellow Parlour , Germany

    Global power has been in a process of re-balancing and with that shift challenges to the post-1989 order have been mounting. The war in Ukraine acts as a caesura, compelling Europe to confront the uncomfortable reality that the post-1989 order was both a function of Western power and its principles far from universal. By trying […]

  • Building bridges of understanding between Africa and Europe in the wake of the war in Ukraine

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    To Register: The war in Ukraine has elicited diverse reactions in the geopolitical landscape and created tensions across the globe. African and European countries have taken diverging positions in their response to the war. Although most actors have vocalised concern and condemnation of the war on the occasion of the vote at the UN General […]

  • The Africa Continental Free Trade Area: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Development, Peace and Security in the Horn

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    To Register  -  Click Here The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) are pleased to invite you to a Forum launching the Horn of Africa Bulletin’s (HAB) edition on The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The articles in this edition explore the AfCFTA and its impact since the agreement’s […]

  • Prospects of China-Africa Cooperation: Youth Leaders Forum

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    Download: Concept Note | Agenda To Register  -  Click Here China and Ethiopia, the two countries among the oldest civilizations of the world, started their diplomatic relations in the 1970s. This relation was modest in its early years, but it began to grow starting in the mid-1990s. Not only it grew, but for some it […]

  • Multilateralism seen through the Eyes of MIKTA

    FBE Campus Eshetu Chole conference Hall, AAU

    Download: Concept Note To Register  -  Click Here The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) was established at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in 2007 following a tripartite agreement among AAU, the Royal Danish Embassy in Ethiopia, and the University for Peace Africa Programme. The initial vision of creating a premier higher learning and research institution on […]

  • The Shifting Geopolitical Alignments in the Greater Horn: Prospects and Challenges

    Hyatt Regency Hotel, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia

    Download :  Abstracts  |  Agenda The Horn of Africa is a strategic region connecting with the Gulf through the narrow strip of the Red Sea. States and peoples of the region experience diverse forms of vulnerabilities and opportunities in terms of security, conflict, and development, both with considerations of internal dynamics and interplay with immediate […]

  • Peace and Security in Africa and TICAD 8 (evaluation of TICAD 8 outcomes)

    Hybrid | Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa | Zoom

    Download: Concept Note To Register  -  Click Here The 10th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa has taken place in 2022 in Bahir Dar in hybrid format under the theme, “Managing Security Threats: Building Resilience for the Africa We Want”. Following this, the secretariat holds multi-stakeholders dialogue on a selected theme […]