ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Following Hamas’ bloodthirsty Oct. 7 assault on Israel’s southern border communities, woke leftists and jihad enthusiasts on campuses and beyond formed a perplexing alliance. The left advocates social justice; celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion; and professes special concern for historically oppressed minorities. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Iran-backed jihadists torture and kill based on race, ethnicity, and sexual …
Lidetu Ayalew’s suggested transitional government as presented by EthioForum. The form of the proposed solution is similar to what the … of the Amhara Group published years ago, but since it did not even attempt to analyze and explain the roots of the problems, the suggested solution is utopian. Watch the Video
In recent years, Ethiopia has experienced a significant escalation in human rights violations, further exacerbated by conflicts in the Tigray, Oromia, and Amhara regions. While these issues have garnered international attention, the extent of the abuses, specifically those inflicted upon the Amhara population, lacks sufficient coverage. This report to address this oversight by offering a …
In May 1991, the brutal Mengistu Haile Mariam government was overthrown. The new government formed by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of ethnic armies which had been largely formed to fight against the Mengistu government, came to power. The EPRDF allowed the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) to administer the territory …
First published Mon Sep 23, 2002; substantive revision Sun May 26, 2019 ‘Natural law theory’ is a label that has been applied to theories of ethics, theories of politics, theories of civil law, and theories of religious morality. We will be concerned only with natural law theories of ethics: while such views arguably have some …
Find more information on how employers can avoid discrimination in recruitment and hiring on IER’s website. Learn more about IER’s work and how to get assistance through this brief video. Applicants or employees who believe they were discriminated against based on their citizenship, immigration status or national origin in hiring, firing, recruitment or during the employment eligibility …
A tech company based in Loudoun County, Virginia, has been fined by the Department of Justice after it advertised that it was seeking “white” candidates for an open job posting. The job posting by Ashburn-based Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. was published in March 2023 and said that the company was only looking for “U.S. Born …
As Britain found out against Napoleon, at some point you will have to put your own boots on the ground. Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? was the title of cheesy 1970 film that captured the anti-Vietnam Zeitgeist. But suppose they gave a cold war and you couldn’t afford it? Half a century later, that …
Penalties need to be broader and stronger to help Ukraine push back Putin’s invasion. Two years ago, in response to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the International Working Group on Russian Sanctions was formed. I serve as coordinator of this group, which last week published its nineteenth working paper, Action Plan 3.0: Strengthening Sanctions against the Russian Federation. …
The debate on Cold War II is heating up. On Tuesday I chaired a fascinating symposium on “Cold Wars” — plural — at the Hoover Institution in California. We gathered together, in person or over Zoom, a pretty good proportion of the leading historians in the field. After a day of debate, three different schools of thought had …