Fana Gebresenbet Editor

Yonas Tariku (PhD) is an assistant professor and academic coordinator at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University. He teaches Theories of Security, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Resolution. His primary research area focuses on security, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding. His latest publications include The Near Neighbors: Revisiting the Dynamics of Ethiopia’s Relations with Eritrea and Somalia (2025); and The Politics of National Liberation in Ethiopia: Origins of and Responses to State Weakness, Insecurity, and Insurgency (2024).

Fana Gebresenbet (PhD) is an associate professor of development and peacebuilding, and former Director of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University. His research interest primarily focuses on politics of development, political economy, migration, and security studies in Ethiopia and the Horn. He published articles and book chapters on these topics.