This report would not have been possible without the funding support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The authors are especially grateful to the participants in this study, who were willing to share their views on the ongoing transition in Ethiopia. Special thanks go to Ruerd Haringsma, Erik Slingerland and Tesfahun Belew for their insights and support. We would also like to thank the reviewers, among others Dr. Fana Gebresenbet (Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University), Luuk van de Vondervoort (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and David Dick (Agrisupply Inc.), who have invested their time and efforts in providing comments and suggestions for this report. Additionally, we would like to thank Isabel Remers, Florian Stuhldreier and Sarah Stuttaford for their support.