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• TITLE: The Justification of 2002 Ethiopian Foreign and National Security Policy Alteration

  AUTHORS: Xi Chen, Yeheys Nardos Hawaz

  KEYWORDS: Foreign Policy, State, Economic Development, National Interest, Political Actor

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.8 No.7, July 7, 2020

  ABSTRACT: This article examines how the 2002 Ethiopia’s foreign policy has failed to keep up with current issues and examines the reasons for the change. The policy has not been revised for many years, and no efforts have been made to integrate it into a number of local political reform, neighboring countries, and international issues. It is designed in a way protect the national interest and sets out a safety precaution, detailing issues that could hurt Ethiopia. As a result, it is largely a matter of fact that it has not been developed in a way dealing the statuesque. Now, the government has made improvements to the country’s political institutions and government structure. Ethiopia’s political achievement is highly acknowledged internationally after Prime Minster Abiy. These changes include governance and administrative changes as listed above. Moreover, there have been some improvements in foreign relations. Thus, this paper explores why the 2002 policy is incompatible with the current foreign relation interest. It explores in detail the why of policy changes Ethiopia may have in the current context. In general, it sees the sights at the wide range of rationale that urges the change of the policy.