1. Introduction 2. Turbulent Political Developments in the Horn of Africa in the Cold War: The central role of Ethiopia, 1960s to 1980s 3. States Breaking and Dominoes Falling? Considerations of Separatism and International Recognition in the Horn of Africa 4. External Factors and Their Impact on Internal Political Dynamics in Ethiopia 5. State making, transnational clientelism and political communities in the Horn of Africa 6. Ethiopia and China: Changing Relations 7. Eritrea: A Sub-Regional Menace? 8.

Somali Independence and its political connections with Nasser's Egypt 9. When the outside is inside: International features of the Somali "civil" war 10. Crisis of Statehood in Somalia 11. Any Prospects for Future Peace? Politics and War Surrounding the Sudan-South Sudan Conundrum 12. Affirmation or Erosion of Sovereignty in the Horn of Africa? The Case of De Facto State Somaliland 13. A hybrid actor in the Horn of Africa: An analysis of Turkey's involvement in Somalia 14. South Sudan's Oil and International Engagement 15. Islamization, Arabization and the Break-Up of the Sudan.