The 2020-2022 War on Tigray was not a civil conflict but a deliberate genocidal campaign designed and executed by political elites in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Amhara region. International organizations acknowledged that hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans perished due to atrocity crimes, including siege, starvation, ethnic cleansing, and weaponized rape. But what historical forces led to this, and why did the world look away? This raw, coherent, and, occasionally, unconventional analysis cuts through the mainstream narratives and elucidates the core drivers: ▸ How the Anti-Tigray Axis took shape and positioned for war. ▸ The historic and institutionalized propensity for the anti-Tigray policy. ▸ The dynamics of the Eritrean ruling clique underpinning its role. ▸ The ambivalence of the West —including the framing bias in Western media and the diplomatic and democratic alibi . This definitive perspective comes from an analyst and prominent activist with decades of political experience, developed while experiencing the siege firsthand in Mekelle. A definitive, well-argued perspective essential for grasping the War and the current situation in Ethiopia. Contents I - Background and Introduction ▸ Historical Backdrop ▸ The Multinational Dispensation II - End of an Era ▸ Early Power Configurations ▸ The Era of Factions ▸ Paralysis of the State ▸ The End of Opposition Politics III - Confluence of the Anti-Tigray Axis ▸ Hijacking the Oromo Protest ▸ The Capture of Amharan Politics ▸ The Oromara Clique ▸ Eritrea’s Endorsement ▸ The Tigrayan Reaction IV - Three Years on the Edge ▸ Between Mekelle and Hawassa ▸ War of Words ▸ Creeping Autocracy ▸ The October 5 Deadline ▸ Creeping Siege ▸ Election as a Pretext V - Positioning for War ▸ Tigrayan Dominance as a Pretext ▸ Establishing a Personal Army ▸ The Boomerang Effect of OLF/OLA ▸ The June 2019 Assassinations ▸ Coups and Command Posts ▸ Cozying up with Derg era Army Officers ▸ Eritrea Syncs with Abiy ▸ Amhara Region Preps Up ▸ Tigray Awaited Unprepared VI - Legacy of anti-Tigray Policy ▸ Outline of the Policy ▸ Menelik's era ▸ Haileselassie’s Institutionalization ▸ Derg: Change and Continuity VII - The Media Carries on the Legacy ▸ The Private Press as an Echo of The Past ▸ Capture of the Social Media ▸ Post 2018: Anti-Tigray Rhetoric Triumphs VIII - Dismembering Tigray as a Strategy ▸ The Continuum ▸ Derg Mimics the Strategy ▸ The Multinational Federation ▸ Common Claims and Facts ▸ Meta-Analysis of Historic Maps ▸ The Security Imperative of Western Tigray IX - The Eritrean Insecurity ▸ From Hegemonic Aspiration to Pariah Status ▸ EPLF - TPLF: A Turbulent Relationship ▸ A Tigrayan Polity Next Door ▸ Peace Enables War X - The Role of the West ▸ Friends and Enablers ▸ TPLF and USA: A Marriage of Convenience ▸ Abiy’s Carte Blanche ▸ Tibor Nagy’s Advocacy ▸ Framing Bias in Western Media ▸ The Ambivalent Reaction to the War ▸ The Democratic Alibi for Complicity XI - The War Begins ▸ The Eve of the War ▸ Partners in Crime ▸ Starving Tigray into Submission ▸ Destruction by Rape ▸ Western Tigray: Epitome of the Genocide ▸ Attempted Cover-Up ▸ The Resistance MAPS AND APPENDICES ▸ Map I - Summary of Western Tigray Historical Maps ▸ Map II – Administrative Division of Ethiopia, 1984 ▸ Map III – Nationalities in Northern Ethiopia, 1978 ▸ Map IV - Northern Ethiopia Administrative Map ▸ Map V - Massacre Sites ▸ Bibliography ▸ Acronyms/Glossary ▸ Index