The Eritrean Studies Review has become one of the premier journals for the discussion of scholarly issues on the Horn of Africa. The Review is a publication of the Eritrean Studies Association (ESA) and is published twice a year.

The contributed essays included in this issue are:

Guest-Editor's Introduction
Tekie Fessehatzion

Eritrea (Mereb-Melash) and Yohannes IV of Abyssinia
Jordan Gebre-Medhin

A Study of the Evolution of the Eritrean Ethiopian Border Through Treaties and Official Maps
Ghidewon Abay Asmerom and Ogbazgy Abay Asmerom

Some Latent Factors int he Ethio-Eritrean Conflict
Kidane Mengisteab

Mass Expulsion of Eritreans and Ethiopians of Eritrean Origin From Ethiopia and Huam Rights Violations
Gaim Kibreab

Approaches to Resolve the Conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia
Gebre Hiwet Tesfagiorgis

Commentary
The Eritrea-Ethiopian Conflict or How Ethiophilia Blinded Susan Rice
Saleh A.A. Younis

Against All Odds: The Second Siege of Eritrea
Dan Connell

"The March of Folly" Re-enacted: A Personal View
Alemseged Tesfai

Explainging the Unexplainable: The Eritrea-Ethiopia Border War
Tekie Fessehatzion

ABOUT THE EDITOR
GEBRE H. TESFAGIORGIS is currently Director of Institutional Research at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. He was a member of the Constitutional Commission of Eritrea. He is the Executive Editor of the Eritrean Studies Review.