The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

  Ethiopia Insight published on 16 May 2026 a commentary titled " Teddy Afro's Mourning Tent and Ethiopia's Fractured National...

 The American Foreign Policy Council published in November 2025 an in-depth study titled " Charting Iran's Influence in Africa ...

 The Rift Valley Institute and the Peace Research Facility published in 2023 a study titled " Religion in Contemporary Ethiopia: Histor...

 The Rift Valley Institute and the Peace Research Facility published on 29 May 2023 a study titled " Religion in Contemporary Ethiopia:...

 The Rift Valley Institute published in March 2023 a briefing paper titled " Religion, Politics and the State in Ethiopia " by the...

  The Washington Post published on 14 November 2022 an article titled " Muslim Americans Make Historic Gains in Midterm Elections ...

 The government of Canada introduced on 31 October 2022 a statement titled " Joint Statement on Behalf of 50 Countries in the UN Genera...

 The Associated Press published on 6 October 2022 an article titled " UN Rights Body Rejects Western Bid to Debate Xinjiang Abuses ...

 The Rift Valley Institute and Somali Public Agenda published in 2022 a report titled " The Role of Religious Actors in Contemporary So...

 The Africa Center for Strategic Studies published on 9 August 2022 an analysis titled " Sahel and Somalia Drive Rise in Africa's M...

 Ethiopia's The Reporter published on 30 July 2022 an article titled " Ethiopia's Impregnability Ends, Al-Shabaab Remains a Th...

  Foreign Policy published on 18 June 2022 a commentary titled " Christian Nationalism Is Tearing Ethiopia Apart " by Andrew DeCo...

  World Politics Review published on 25 October 2021 an analysis titled " Erdogan's Africa Diplomacy Puts Turkey's Ambitions t...

 The Foreign Policy Research Institute posted on 30 September 2021 an hour long podcast with me titled " Latest Developments in the Eth...

  The Africa Report published on 25 November 2020 an analysis titled " Sudan--Red Sea Basin: Four Ways to Make or Break Stability ...

  The Diplomat published on 9 October 2020 an analysis titled " 2020 Edition: Which Countries Are for or against China's Xinjiang ...

  Ethiopia Insight posted on 16 September 2020 a commentary titled " Proclamation Finally Decrees Equality for Ethiopian Muslims ...

Ethiopia Insight posted on 9 November 2019 a commentary titled " In Defense of Jawar, a Brilliant and Dedicated Agent of Change "...

BBC Radio's Newsday program broadcast on 5 March 2019 a three and one-half minute interview with me titled " Burkina Faso's ...

The New York Times published on 20 November 2018 a story titled " Somali Workers in Minnesota Force Amazon to Negotiate " by Kare...