Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Turkey’s Burgeoning Defense Technological and Industrial Base and Expeditionary Military Policy

Insight Turkey ◽

10.25253/99.2020223.08 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (Summer 2020) ◽

pp. 115-130

Author(s):

Can Kasapoğlu

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Armed Forces ◽

Foreign Affairs ◽

Military Policy ◽

Horn Of Africa ◽

Hybrid Warfare ◽

Industrial Base ◽

Weapon Systems ◽

Drone Warfare

As the incumbent Turkish administration strives to pursue more aspiring goals in foreign affairs, Turkey’s military policy is fast developing in line with this vision. The nation’s defense technological and industrial base can now produce various conventional weaponry. Of these, without a doubt, Turkey’s drone warfare assets have garnered the utmost attention among the international strategic community. In tandem, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) have gradually gained an expeditionary posture with forward deployments across a broad axis, ranging from the Horn of Africa to the Gulf and the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, the military’s doctrinal order of battle has been transforming to address the unfolding hybrid warfare challenges in Ankara’s hinterland. Turkey’s proxy warfare capabilities have also registered an uptrend in this respect. Nevertheless, Ankara will have to deal with certain limitations in key segments, particularly 5th generation aircraft and strategic weapon systems which, together, represent a severe intra-war deterrence gap in Turkey’s defense posture. The Turkish administration will have to address this specific shortfall given the problematic threat landscape at the nation’s Middle Eastern doorstep. This study covers two interrelated strategic topics regarding Turkey’s national military capacity in the 21st century: its defense technological and industrial base (DTIB) and its military policy, both currently characterized by a burgeoning assertiveness.

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Maritime Piracy in the Horn of Africa and its Security Implications on the Arab Region

ARAB JOURNAL FOR SECURITY STUDIES ◽

10.26735/16588428.2018.028 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 318-331

Author(s):

Yasser A. Hassan

Keyword(s):

Horn Of Africa ◽

Maritime Piracy ◽

Arab Region

لقد ظَهرت القرصنة البحرية في منطقة القرن الإفريقي لتداعياتٍ إقليميةٍ ودوليةٍ ارتبطت بالظروف التي أملتها التغيرات التي حدثت في بعض دول المنطقة مثل: الصومال؛ وذلك يتطلّب ضرورة تعزيز فُرص مكافحة نشاطات القراصنة وتجفيف منابع مواردها المالية، بالإضافة إلى معاقبة القراصنة وتقديمهم إلى المحاكم من أجل القضاء على الظاهرة وتحقيق الأمن البحري وانسياب التجارة العالمية بكل سهولةٍ ويسرٍ.

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Afars of Ethiopia in the system of ethnic federalism

10.31132/2412-5717-2018-43-2-126-146 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 126-146

Author(s):

Roza Ismagilova

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Fundamental Principle ◽

Ethnic Relations ◽

The State ◽

Political Crisis ◽

The Political ◽

Horn Of Africa ◽

State Structure ◽

Ethnic Federalism

The article pioneers the analyses of the results of ethnic federalism introduced in Ethiopia in 1991 – and its influence on Afar. Ethnicity was proclaimed the fundamental principle of the state structure. The idea of ethnicity has become the basis of official ideology. The ethnic groups and ethnic identity have acquired fundamentally importance on the political and social levels . The country has been divided into nine ethnically-based regions. The article exposes the complex ethno-political and economic situation in the Afar State, roots and causes of inter- and intra-ethnic relations and conflicts with Amhara, Oromo, Tigray and Somali-Issa, competition of ethnic elites for power and recourses. Alive is the idea of “The Greater Afar”which would unite all Afar of the Horn of Africa. The protests in Oromia and Amhara Regions in 2015–2017 influenced the Afar state as welll. The situation in Ethiopia nowadays is extremely tense. Ethiopia is plunging into serious political crisis. Some observers call it “the beginning of Ethiopian spring”, the others – “Color revolution”

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