Ethiopia: From Binary Politics to Creative Compromise - Why Ethiopia Needs Political Imagination to Bypass Gridlock

Ethiopia: From Binary Politics to Creative Compromise - Why Ethiopia Needs Political Imagination to Bypass Gridlock

Addis Abeba -- Each time I think about negotiation, my mind returns to a parable about camels that I read some time ago in one of William Ury's books, "Getting to Yes with Yourself: How to Get What You Truly Want." It tells a Middle Eastern story of three brothers whose father dies, leaving 17 camels. In his will, the oldest is to receive one-half, the middle one-third, and the youngest one-ninth. When the brothers try to carry out their father'…