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Why Ethiopia is in deep trouble, and how it got here

The Conversation
Mulugeta G Berhe, from Fletcher’s World Peace Foundation, examines the troubling instability of Ethiopia’s government, which, in his view, is on a path where “complete collapse of the state seems imminent.” Behe is the author of the book “Laying the Past to Rest: The EPRDF and the Challenges of Ethiopian State-Building.”

Is This the End of the 1992 Consensus?

The Diplomat
Fletcher student Zihao Liu examines the challenges to the 1992 Consensus, a political understanding achieved between mainland China and Taiwan that has provided the "foundation of stable cross-strait relations" between the two.

Succession and Punishment

Foreign Policy
Vladimir Putin's tenure as Russian president may be nearing its end, but that doesn't mean he is loosening his grip on power. Fletcher Professor Chris Miller details the lessons Putin learned about power transitions in the former Soviet Union and what it means for Russia moving forward in his latest piece for Foreign Policy.