For better or worse, Ethiopia appears to be undergoing once in a lifetime generational change. Will this usher in a new dawn or will the country revert back to its old self? As a new debate on the virtues of provincial vs. ethnic federalism rages, we ask: what is the Somali Region to do? In an upcoming essay, we argue there is a need for a new way of doing politics in the Somali Region. We discuss some of those ideas in this first episode of our new podcast – The Peninsula.

Dr. Nuur Hassan has written a lot on politics in Ethiopia and its impact on the Somali region and has new radical ideas on how to transform politics in the region. Dr. Abdi Warfa joins him to enhance the conversation, challenge underlying assumptions in our theories, and open up the space for further discussion.