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| Probing the Nature of Ethiopian Foreign Policy under Military, EPRDF, and Prosperity Governments: |
GETACHEW MELESE BELAY
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Abstract:
This article aimed to examine the nature of Ethiopia's FP in the military, EPRDF, and Prosperity governments. Consequently, the paper claims that there are various forms in the nature of the military, EPRDF, and Prosperity government of Ethiopia's foreign policy making and executions. The research used secondary data sources; gathered from books, journal articles, reported and unpublished materials, government statements, magazines, and web-based sources. The paper also used the primary data obtained from key informant interviews to endorse and substantiate the secondary data. In consideration of the qualitative data obtained, the research is based on qualitative data analysis techniques. The study results showed that the change in the three governments also brought not only changed FP making and the implementation but also altered the nature of the country's FP strategy and focus from outward-in looking FP to inward-out looking and citizen-centered approach, focused on neighboring countries respectively in the above-mentioned governments. The result of the study also showed that the collapse of the military Government has contributed not only to a change in the country's foreign-policy stance approach but also a shift in the redefinition of national interest and national security. And survival challenges and the nature of Prosperity of the FP coupled with cooperation and rivalry between nations.
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