TY - JOUR
T1 - The Ethiopian State, Foreign Policy and Participation in International Peacekeeping
T2 - Continuities and Changes
AU - Belay, Yeshiwas Degu
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Yeshiwas Degu Belay, 2024.
PY - 2024/9/16
Y1 - 2024/9/16
N2 - This article examines the continuities and changes in Ethiopian peacekeeping practices since its inception in the early 1950s to the present. It focuses on how international operations have interacted with historical, structural and ideational factors to shape Ethiopia’s involvement. Drawing on archival sources, policy papers, and media material as well as interviews with officials in Ethiopia, it singles out four distinct periods that have influenced Ethiopia’s participation in peacekeeping mission. It shows that all were characterised by the interplay between geopolitical factors, regional developments in Africa and domestic political changes. By identifying the major shifts in Ethiopia’s foreign policy orientation and involvement in peacekeeping, the article seeks to explain the rise of Ethiopia as a major actor in international peacekeeping since the early 2000s. It concludes by highlighting uncertainties facing Ethiopian peacekeeping due to regional complexities and political constraints resulting from internal conflicts.
AB - This article examines the continuities and changes in Ethiopian peacekeeping practices since its inception in the early 1950s to the present. It focuses on how international operations have interacted with historical, structural and ideational factors to shape Ethiopia’s involvement. Drawing on archival sources, policy papers, and media material as well as interviews with officials in Ethiopia, it singles out four distinct periods that have influenced Ethiopia’s participation in peacekeeping mission. It shows that all were characterised by the interplay between geopolitical factors, regional developments in Africa and domestic political changes. By identifying the major shifts in Ethiopia’s foreign policy orientation and involvement in peacekeeping, the article seeks to explain the rise of Ethiopia as a major actor in international peacekeeping since the early 2000s. It concludes by highlighting uncertainties facing Ethiopian peacekeeping due to regional complexities and political constraints resulting from internal conflicts.
U2 - 10.1163/18754112-27020003
DO - 10.1163/18754112-27020003
M3 - Article
SN - 1875-4104
VL - 27
SP - 151
EP - 177
JO - Journal of International Peacekeeping
JF - Journal of International Peacekeeping
IS - 2
ER -