About the Journal

The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) is one of the four offices under the Commandant of FDRE Defence War College (DWC), which plans, organizes, implements, leads, and evaluates the DWC research endeavors. SSI will be engaged in research activities on international, regional and national security areas. In order to meet its research endeavors one of its flagship venture to launch Ethiopian Defence Journal of Strategic Studies (EDJSS).

The publication of the Ethiopian Defense Journal of Strategic Studies (EDJSS) creates opportunities specifically for the DWC’s academic and research staff to publish and disseminate their research works to the public domain. The Journal could also serve the college as one of the channels for its research communication. The EDJSS publication shall include a wide range of issues related - but not limited - to strategic security, strategic leadership, warfare, joint operations, military professionalism, and military technology in ground, air, naval, cyber and space domains of the armed forces. It shall publish Original Research, Research Reports, Synopsis of Academic Theses/Dissertations, Feature Articles, Theoretical articles, Book Reviews, Biographical Notes, Policy Articles, Opinions, Literature reviews, Case reports, Synopsis of major research, Essays, Brief communications, and Notes.

The EDJSS shall appear in two issues every year in June and December and it shall be published in Amharic and English.

Focus and scope of journal

The Ethiopian Defence Journal of Strategic Studies (EDJSS) aims to be Ethiopia’s premier scholarly research outlet in defence and strategic security. It serves as a platform for the exchange of ideas and a repository of scholarly and scientific works that contribute to policy design and institutional advancement in areas such as warfare, foreign policy, geopolitics, strategic security, leadership, joint operations, military professionalism, and technology across ground, air, naval, cyber, and space domains.

EDJSS provides a forum for national and international scholars to address strategic security issues, including foreign policy, geopolitics, warfare, military leadership, peacekeeping, and security concerns in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region. It fosters scholarship among civilian and military academics, research staff, students, and other stakeholders.