Articles, analysis and perspectives written by the Coalition’s writers and guest contributors on Eritrean affairs and the path of democratic transition.
As transitional periods draw to a close, many discover that the harder question was never “who governs?” but “on what basis do they govern?” A reading of the foundations of a social contract that guarantees equal citizenship and the rule of law.
Intellectual and analytical contributions from the Coalition’s writers and from guest contributors.
Between accountability and reconciliation lies a third path built neither on revenge nor on forgetting. A practical approach to a question that will shape the coming period.
Mona Tesfai — Guest writer
A generation born far from home yet never severed from it. How does the presence of young people turn from emotional sympathy into organised action?
Sara Woldeab — Coalition writer
The rapid shifts in the Horn of Africa are no longer a foreign affair. A reading of the regional map and its implications for the Eritrean question.
Ahmed Mahmoud — Guest writer
The plurality of languages and cultures in Eritrea is not a problem in search of a solution, but a national asset that needs a just framework to protect it.
Elsa Tesfamichael — Coalition writer
States are not made stable by the force of authority alone, but by the force of law. On the relationship between genuine stability and rules everyone knows.
Dr Suleiman Idris — Coalition writer
The blog is open to the Coalition’s writers and to guest contributors. If you have something to say about Eritrean affairs or the democratic transition, send it to us.
