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The Nile-Horn Nexus: Is a New Shatter Belt in the Making?

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  • Aklilu Gebretinsae Andemikael

    (PhD Candidate, Department of International Relations, School of International and Public Affairs, Jilin University, People’s Republic of China)

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By using a Shatter Belt Theory as a conceptual framework and a qualitative analysis, this research attempts to answer the question if a new shatter-belt region is in the making as a result of the growing connection between the Nile water politics, the geo politics of the Horn of Africa and presence of foreign powers in the Nile-Horn Region. A Shatter Belt Theory provides the opportunity to critically expound various patterns of interactions within a certain region that is endowed with plentiful natural resources, has geostrategic importance, gulped in interstate and intrastate conflicts and when these fundamental reasons cumulatively make the region prone to a number of interventions by both regional, extra-regional and global powers. This research concludes that the Nile-Horn region has all the core elements that all Shatter Belt regions have. The abundant water resources and other natural resources it has; its strategic importance; the multi-dimensional conflicts among states and within the states; as well as the pervasiveness of intervention from regional and extra-regional states all make this Region quite similar with its neighboring shatter belt regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Hence, the Nile-Horn fits to be called a shatter belt region.

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  • Aklilu Gebretinsae Andemikael, 2021. "The Nile-Horn Nexus: Is a New Shatter Belt in the Making?," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(11), pages 397-403, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:11:p:397-403
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    1. John Markakis, 2003. "The horn of conflict," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(97), pages 359-362, September.
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