Upcoming Events
African and European views of the new global order
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 to rally Africa to its side in confronting Russia, Europe unintentionally...
Pre-Tana Multi Stakeholders Dialogue – Climate and Security in Africa: Focus on the Sahel
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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,...
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 and regional powers, including the UNSC, AU and the US government...
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 Sheikh Mohamud and the associated geostrategic realignments in the immediate region...
Reflections on tragedy and healing: The role of Indigenous wisdom in Ethiopia
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 and Ethiopian traditions and writes creatively on belonging and diasporic lives. He has...
The Global 1960s: A View from Latin America
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: Mexico in the Global Sixties (2020) and Refried Elvis: The Rise of the...
AU-Rwanda Embassy-IPSS Symposium | 28th Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
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The African Union Commission (AUC) through the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department , in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Ethiopia and Permanent Mission to the African Union, organized the 28th Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda at the AUC on 7th April 2022. This statutory...
POWER AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Many countries across the continent have made notable gains in the perpetual and Sisyphean struggle for well being. Still, the acute imperatives of deep and lasting transformations of the material and intellectual dimensions of the continent and its people continue to be seminal. This lecture will bring into focus the two concepts of power and development in order to meditate on the assets and liabilities of the continent....
The National Dialogue: The Preferred Way to Perpetual Peace in Ethiopia
This event is by invitations only
The Institute for Peace and Security Studies has organized an Indaba Session on the theme ‘The National Dialogue: The Preferred Way to Perpetual Peace in Ethiopia’.
Ethiopia is passing through a long, tumultuous decade. The roots of these tribulations holding the country back from realizing brighter today and better futures have complex roots. One crucial process to help...
Pre-Tana Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue: The Impact of Peace and Security on Culture & Heritage Protection in Africa
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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...