Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: Rebellion and its Discontents
(Dr. Michael Woldemariam)
Thursday, April 27, 2017
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Metropolitan Building, Room 5183
How can we explain patters of factionalism and fragmentation in civil wars? How do normal, private disagreements within rebel organizations become full-fledged disputes that lead to a complete collapse of cooperation in war? Dr. Michael Woldemariam tackles these questions in a presentation of his forthcoming book on rebellion in Ethiopia and beyond, based upon extensive field research in the horn of Africa. Dr. Woldemariam is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University and has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Scholars Center, a Bradley fellow, and a research specialist with the Innovations for Successful Societies program at Princeton University. This event is part of the Project on Contentious Politics brown bag talks series.