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M.Woldemariam

@mikewoldemariam.bsky.social

Prof, UMD's School of Public Policy. Security studies and Horn of Africa. College hoops junkie. Likes mostly for bookmarking.

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Ryan Musser@ryanmusser.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Washington will need to “begin treating the continent as a region of genuine strategic value, rather than as expendable at the altar of its Middle East agenda.” Great piece from @zurilinetsky.bsky.social and @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social on how the US lets Gulf powers wreak havoc on Africa

Ryan Musser@ryanmusser.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gulf states have emerged as a new middle power & Africa is a key component of their foreign policy. US has historically accommodated their adventurism in Africa, failing to protect core US interest of stability across the increasingly important continent foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/a...

M.Woldemariam@mikewoldemariam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New essay in Foreign Policy on US approaches to the growing strategic entanglements between Africa and the Middle East. Thanks to my co-author Zuri Linetsky for his collaboration.

Zuri Linetsky@zurilinetsky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Iran war sparked a discussion about Gulf middle powers. In a new essay for @foreignpolicy.com with @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social we explain how & why the US built Gulf states into middle powers & how they then exercised their nascent capabilities in Africa. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/a...

M.Woldemariam@mikewoldemariam.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I joined ICG's Horn of Africa podcast last week to discuss Eritrea-Ethiopia tensions. Includes reflections on the impact of some important regional and extra-regional dynamics: Saudi-UAE rift, Israel-Somaliland recognition deal, and even the Venezuela strikes. www.crisisgroup.org/africa/ethio...

The Ethiopia-Eritrea Standoff | International Crisis Group

This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss the rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, its links to the situation i...

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M.Woldemariam@mikewoldemariam.bsky.social · last yr.

My new essay in Current History reflects on transitional crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. It treats these cases as part of the same story- not just because their transitions played out at roughly same time, but because they were burdened by similar problems and proved to be interdependent in key ways.

The Tragedy of Transition in Ethiopia and Sudan

The collapse of the 2018–19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...

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Pamina Firchow@pfirchow.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are a US-based scholar of foreign policy, please join over 130 of your colleagues in signing this Letter to Congress re: the foreign assistance freeze and dismantling of USAID. Read here: docs.google.com/.../1waW9li4.... Sign here: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS... Please Share Widely!

READ ONLY-Open Letter to Congress

Open Letter to Members of Congress from U.S.-based Scholars of Foreign Affairs Dear Senators John Thune and Charles Schumer, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Chai...

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