A N A LY S I S PEACE AND SECURITY WIND OF CHANGE Assessing Positive Developments in the Horn and Their Impact on Regional Peace and Security Abdeta Beyene December 2019 An unprecedented wind ­of change is blowing in the Horn of Africa and this has created hopes, expectations and anxieties simultaneously. The transformations include the changes in Ethiopia, the rapprochement between Ethi­opia and Eritrea, the changes in the Sudan and a new inte­gration framework between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Since regional cooperation, through IGAD has yet to ­play an important role both in terms of regional integration and in formulating a joint posi­tion on issues of mutual concern, the Gulf has secured its position, but at times undermines the democratic changes and rela­tions between the Horn and other parts of the continent. For peace and democrati­­­zation to be sustainable, a serious reviving of regional cooperation within IGAD thus remains crucial.