Public policy failure or historical debacle? A study of Eritrea's relations with Ethiopia since 1991.

From: The Review of Policy Research | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Venkataraman, M.; Villicana, Roman Lopez | Copyright information

Toward Independence

At the outset, it should be mentioned that Eritrea's federation with Ethiopia led to the onset of the type of relations and the type of policies that emerged in both the countries. And in this sense one can safely argue that whatever the present type of policies that Eritrea has with Ethiopia originated during this period itself. The return of King Haile Sellassie to throne in Ethiopia and the federal arrangement that was put in place (with the conniv...

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