Two conferences held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Eritrean independence operate as Austinian “unhappy performatives.” Using a performance studies lens offers new ways of understanding the dynamics of scholarship about international politics, thereby contributing to wider debates on how performances of truths often replace truth.

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