Het relaas van een turbulente relatie: de Congolees-Belgische betrekkingen
in Internationale Spectator, jg 65, nr.5, mei 2011, pp. 272-275. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Africa
As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are seeing a renewed Global Powers competition and an increasingly acute energy crisis. These developments have put the African continent centre stage again in international relations. Understanding how political and security developments within Africa shape the continent, as well as its position on the international scene, is a core objective of the Africa Programme.
In line with this aim, we contribute to increased knowledge and shape policy debates on, and in, Africa by organising expert seminars and providing in-depth research on: military interventions and security collaborations; the politics of elections; peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts; the political economy of mining, and the development of women, peace and the security agenda, with a particular focus on the Great Lakes and the Sahel region.
Drawing on our own expertise, as well as a wide network of national and international research institutes, public authorities, and NGOs, makes the Africa Programme a central authority on matters related to Africa on a national, regional and global level.
Publications
Improvisatie enkel goed voor sensatie: eerst lessen na een week Libië
in De Standaard, 26 March 2011. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Books
La Chine et les grandes puissances en Afrique. Une approche géostratégique et géoéconomique
L’Afrique n’a jamais cessé de susciter l’intérêt et d’attirer les convoitises des grandes puissances, faisant souvent planer le soupçon d’une nouvelle forme de colonisation sur une présence qui s’annonce comme […]
External publications
Africa-EU: decision making after the Summit
Report – Africa Briefing report, Brussels, 14 Dec. 2010. (Photo credit: President of the European Council, Flickr)
From discourse to practice: A sharper perspective on the relationship between minerals and violence in DR Congo
in Jeroen Cuvelier (ed.), The Complexity of Resource Governance in a context of State Fragility: The case of Eastern DRC, IPIS International Alert, Nov. 2010. (Photo credit: ENOUGH Project, Flickr)
Beyond development: political context analysis as a tool for a more effective EU-Africa partnership
In this paper I would like to draw attention to the fact that climate change offers a new perspective on development basics and energy provision. Climate change is a global […]