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Author: Alex de Waal

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Alex de Waal

Alex de Waal is Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. He was the founding editor of the African Arguments book series. He is the author of The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power.

  • Book LaunchBooks and ControversiesDebating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesPolitics and Political EconomyTexts and Contexts
    By Alex de Waal
    May 12, 2021
    468
    0

    Development Partnerships or Transactional Politics? An Insight into the Continent’s Struggle for Economic Transformation

    Book Review: Know the Beginning Well
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  • Debating IdeasEritreaEthiopiaMigration/RefugeeRegionalismWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    February 19, 2021
    933
    0

    Eritrea’s Silent War

    Ethiopia's civil war; an update
    Read More
  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    January 14, 2021
    3353
    10

    In Memoriam: Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopian Peacemaker and Patriot

    In Memoriam: Seyoum Mesfin
    Read More
  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    December 23, 2020
    1602
    0

    Who Will Call Out Eritrea’s War Crimes in Tigray?

    Who will call out Eritrea’s role in the destruction of Tigray?
    Read More
  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaPeace ProcessesWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    December 14, 2020
    2341
    0

    Five Reasons Why the UN Security Council Needs to Deal with the Humanitarian Crisis in Ethiopia

    UN Security Council meeting on Tigray conflict
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  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    November 25, 2020
    1338
    2

    Who Benefits from the Destruction of Ethiopia?

    Update on the unfolding civil war in Ethiopia
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  • Debating IdeasDemocracy and ElectionsEthiopiaWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    November 23, 2020
    1853
    3

    Stop War Crimes in Ethiopia Today

    Ethiopia war and war crimes
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  • Africa's Foreign EngagementsAfrican Arguments Book SeriesBooks and ControversiesDebating IdeasReviewsSudanTexts and Contexts
    By Alex de Waal
    June 25, 2020
    1493
    0

    Africa and Israel: Re-Opening the Debate

    Israel’s security strategy for Africa is a fusion of the principles of transactional politics the transnational political marketplace
    Read More
  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasPublic Health
    By Alex de Waal
    April 16, 2020
    1040
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    كوفيد-19 في أفريقيا: إعرف الوباء، واعمل على سياسته

    Arabic translation of Alex de Waal's Covid19 in Africa: Know your Pandemic, Act on its Politics
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  • Africa's Foreign EngagementsCovid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesPolitics and Political EconomyPublic Health
    By Alex de Waal
    March 31, 2020
    1864
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    COVID-19 in Africa: “Know your Epidemic, Act on its Politics.”

    COVID-19 in Africa: Know your Epidemic, Act on Its Politics
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