Commentaries
Closing the AI Gap with Africa
As countries across the globe are grappling with the emergence of AI, Europe is presented an opportunity to enhance its AI cooperation with African countries, addressing concerns about a looming […]
Africa
Publications
Geopolitics and Geography: A Realigned EU Strategy for Stability in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean
The new EU Commission should commence its geopolitical thinking by acknowledging that geography is not kind to those who ignore her. The new European Parliament has the unique opportunity to […]
What’s Brewing in Benin? Security Collaboration in the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea has drawn attention from Western states in recent years due both to increasing spillover of violent extremism from the Sahel and because of Sahelian military juntas’ […]
Russia’s Potential Alliance with Hizbollah: A Strategic Challenge for the EU in the Eastern Mediterranean
One year on, the debate has been dominated by Israel, Hizbollah and the potential for regional war in the Middle East. An additional credible scenario has been worryingly absent: that […]
The End of Uganda’s Refugee Model, or Just a ‘Transition’?
Uganda is lauded world-wide as a model for refugee-hosting: It hosts nearly 1.7 million refugees, the highest in Africa, taking in refugees from its neighbouring countries. It also offers them […]
External publications
Assessing the Causes of Strategic Realignment in Sahelian States
Since the agreement of the Millennium Development Goals, many of the international community’s foremost stabilisation efforts have unravelled, with cascading instability afflicting neighboring states. Multiple governments and political entities have […]