Somalia has been without a functioning state ever since 1991, when the former dictator,
Siyad Barre, was overthrown. None of the competing factions were strong enough to take his …

Parody possesses a kind of power that realist critique sometimes lacks. I explore why humor
is sometimes used as a medium for addressing tragic circumstances and why parody in …

This paper discusses Eritrea as a contemporary case of state-making grounded in war, a fact
that has resulted in the emergence of one of the 'hardest'states in sub-Saharan Africa. The …

In this article Eritrea is discussed as a developmental state based on biopolitics. Taking the
example of higher education, it is shown how the biopolitical project as applied to education …

In this article, the author analyses Eritrean state-making and its foreign policy as driven by
the quest for territorial integrity. The article first demonstrates the importance of creating a …

Just eight years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and two
years after gaining independence, the world's newest nation state descended once more …

In an attempt to describe the historical origins of multilingual education in Eritrea, Horn of
Africa, this paper looks at how missionaries, European colonisers, successive Ethiopian …

Two seemingly unrelated events occurred in mid 2015 that in different ways relate to the
public representation of Eritrea and its function within the wider geopolitical context of the …

Based on the work of Bourdieu, this paper analyses how far formal education within a
revolutionary setting can act as a 'strategy‐generating'institution in terms of enabling women …

This paper interrogates certain aspects of Eritrean foreign policy making processes since
independence. It analyses Eritrea's actions in the region, ranging from constructive …