Ethiopia: dilemma for the west

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Title:	Ethiopia: dilemma for the west
Author:	Korn, David A.
Year:	1986
Periodical:	The World Today: Chatham House Review
Volume:	42
Issue:	1
Pages:	4-7
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	foreign policy food aid
Abstract:	Ethiopia is a country massively armed by the Soviet Union and massively supplied with food by the west. While western food shipments pile up on the docks of Ethiopia's ports, its government reaffirms its dedication to Marxism-Leninism and to alliance with the Soviet Union. It was natural for the west to hope, if not to expect, that its Herculean effort to save the lives of millions of starving Ethiopians would be appreciated and would prompt the Ethiopian government to take a second look at its international position. These hopes have been disappointed. The Ethiopian government has sought to quieten any fears Moscow might have that the food sent by the west could be a threat to their relationship. And it has stubbornly reaffirmed agricultural policies that have left it helpless in the face of drought (1934). This article looks back over the course of events in Ethiopia during 1984 and early 1985 in order to give an understanding why there has been no improvement in ties between Ethiopia and the west. - Notes.