EU-Uganda relations: friction, change, or business as usual?
This brief analyses the multilayered frictions in the relations between the EU and Uganda. First, it shows how the funding of governance and human rights activities by the ‘West’ – […]
Africa
Publications
Times they are A-changin’: Africa at the Centre Stage of the new (II) Liberal World Order
Amid a renewed Global Power competition, Africa’s abundance of natural resources, its exponential demographic development, and the current expansion of militant Islamist groups in the region, increases its strategic importance […]
Women, Gender and Peacebuilding in Africa
How are women, their roles and functions imagined in future African post-conflict societies? What are the spaces and places that women occupy in African peace agreements? These are the questions […]
Commentaries
Welcome address by the New Director-General Pol De Witte
Dear readers, On October 1, 2022, I took over from Ambassador Hugues Chantry as Director-General of the Egmont Institute. I am honoured to have been given the opportunity to lead […]
Commentaries
Security Force Assistance in the Sahel is meddling with borders
Encompassing a range of external actors, numerous Security Force Assistance initiatives in the Sahel seek to improve how local security forces respond to “borderless threats” and protect geopolitical borders. Drawing […]
External publications
The impact of security force assistance in Niger: meddling with borders
How does Security Force Assistance (SFA) impact Niger’s security sector and beyond? I draw on extensive fieldwork in Niger and identify and analyse two developments taking place in Niger’s security […]