Cycles of constitutive violence: Rethinking Security and the making of political orders in the Greater Horn of Africa
Workshop programme
Thursday 20 November 2025
14:00-14:30 Introduction
14:30 – 16:15 Session 1 – Laura Chiara Cecchi, Università di Trento
Federico Battera, Università di Trieste. “Cycles of violence and State weakness in Somalia: From local conflicts to regional instability”
Salma Abdalla, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. “Understanding the Islamists’ Counterinsurgency Warfare Strategies in Sudan (1989–2019)”
Fana Gebresenbet, IPSS Addis Ababa University. “Towards Agonistic Peace in Ethiopia? Politics of constructing ‘Grand Narratives’ and Peacebuilidng in Post-2018 Ethiopia”
16:45-18:30 Session 2 – Chair: Anna Casaglia, Università di Trento
Sara de Simone, Università di Trento . “From the Ground Up: Rethinking Security Governance through local security governance mechanisms in South Sudan and the Greater Horn of Africa”
Emmanuelle Veuillet, EHSS/IMAF. “Endless period of waiting, limitless loyalty? Making sense of commitment, strategies and allegiance of SPLM-IO combatants after the signing of peace agreement in South Sudan” (ONLINE)
Giorgio Musso, Universtà di Roma Tre. “From a stateless leader to a leaderless state: John Garang and the unaccomplished transition of the SPLM/A in South Sudan”
Friday 21 November 2025
9:30 – 11:30 Session 3 – Chair: Paolo Foradori, Università di Trento
Sofia Scialoja, Scuola Normale Superiore – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna: “Cautious abroad, assertive at home? Ethiopia’s foreign policy through the lens of the MoU with Somaliland and its implications for the Horn of Africa”
Federico Donelli, Università di Trieste. “Red Sea Security in an Era of Global Change: Shifting Alignments and Emerging Trends”
Zelalem Tesfaye, IPSS Addis Ababa University. “Water as a key driver of (and potential solution to) conflict in the Greater Horn: The Case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”
Hubert Kinkoh, Chatam House. “War in Sudan: How Outside Forces Are Sidelining the AU” (ONLINE)