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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.

  • Debating IdeasSudan
    By Alex de Waal
    October 28, 2021
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    General al-Burhan: Illegitimate, Unpatriotic, Untrustworthy, and Not a Leader

    Sudan's coup
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  • Book LaunchBooks and ControversiesDebating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesPolitics and Political EconomyTexts and Contexts
    By Alex de Waal
    May 12, 2021
    1116
    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
    1696
    0

    Eritrea’s Silent War

    Ethiopia's civil war; an update
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  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    January 14, 2021
    4516
    10

    In Memoriam: Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopian Peacemaker and Patriot

    In Memoriam: Seyoum Mesfin
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  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    December 23, 2020
    2443
    0

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

    Who will call out Eritrea’s role in the destruction of Tigray?
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  • Debating IdeasEthiopiaPeace ProcessesWar and War Crimes
    By Alex de Waal
    December 14, 2020
    3106
    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
    2162
    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
    2838
    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
    2131
    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
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasPublic Health
    By Alex de Waal
    April 16, 2020
    1579
    0

    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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