Yohannes Gedamu is lecturer of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College’s School of Liberal Arts. His doctoral dissertation is entitled: Ethnic Federalism and Authoritarian Survival in Ethiopia. Dr. Gedamu expertise focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa in general and the Horn of African countries in particular. Topics of interest are: Democratization, Authoritarian survival, Ethnic Politics, Federalism, and Cross Border Societies in the politics of cooperation or discord.