South Africa and the EU: a tense partnership
South Africa is a key partner for Europe in its relations with Africa.That is why the EU has a strategic partnership with South Africa since 2007. But the relations between […]
Africa
Publications
From Lampedusa to the Post-Stockholm Programme: Difficult European solidarity in the field of migration
Solidarity is a founding principle of the European migration policy. To hold true, Member States must be faithful to their common commitment to European migration rules and implement fair burden
Islands of stability or swamps of insecurity? MONUSCO’s Intervention Brigade and the danger of emerging security voids in eastern Congo
2013 might enter into history as a turning point for both United Nations (UN) peacekeeping and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) two decades of armed conflicts. Bothaccustomed to […]
Syria: a roadmap for a sustainable political settlement
On the eve of the Geneva II conference and amid continued fighting on the ground, this short paper seeks to draw up a roadmap, indicating the different stages and steps […]
Le projet de révision du code minier de la RDC: de l’incitation à la dissuasion?
Le gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo a initié un processus de modification du Code minier. Il fait couler beaucoup d’encre tant ses aspects fiscaux sont de nature à […]
Commentaries
The EU has a role to play, but Africans must lead
Coming from one of Africa’s most experienced diplomats, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah’s call for a EU backed security framework in the Sahel constitutes an important signal. As the author notes, the EU […]