Moges Zewdu Teshome

Moges is a doctoral candidate in Interdisciplinary International Studies at the Vienna School of International Studies. He is also the host of the Buffet of Ideas-የሀሳብ ገበታ podcast.

How not to conduct a National Dialogue

Ethiopia’s government is currently touting an allegedly unprecedented National Dialogue, which it describes as a panacea for the country’s deep-seated…

2 years

Jawar has reformed himself—now let’s reform our divisive constitution

Abolishing ethnic homelands is the way forward for Ethiopia

2 years

Charming Abiy Ahmed, a very modern dictator

His contemporary authoritarianism puts a smiling face on repression through populism, institutional capture, and slick propaganda.

3 years

We must end the civil war to save Ethiopia

Structural tensions and ethnic polarization supercharged by conflict mean that time is running out to hold the federation together.

5 years

Egypt’s Nile monopoly is over

History teaches us that when change arrives, the best way to deal with it is not to resist it, but…

6 years