DRC National Inclusive Dialogue: Fake News? Or Not?
Multiple peace initiatives have been undertaken to end the conflict in East-DRC, and each is underpinned by a specific analysis of the causes and nature of the crisis. One strand […]
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US Sanctions Rwandan Defence Force: What Next?
US foreign policy, after years of a close alliance with Rwanda, perceived as an efficient and stable partner country in an unstable Great Lakes region, seems to shift towards a […]
A Crowded and Fragmented Security Landscape in Africa: Identifying Three Trends and Their Consequences
It has been more than a decade since the UN last authorized a multidimensional peacekeeping in Africa, in spite of the continent experiencing the highest number of state-based conflicts in […]
Commentaries
War against Iran: The Birth of a Genuine Geopolitical EU?
Ignoring inconvenient facts, such as the responsibility of the US and Israel for triggering the war in Iran on 28 February, has a significant impact on the role that Europe […]
Not One War but Three Wars in the Middle East
From a strategic perspective, the currently labelled “Iran War” is in fact three distinct wars, inter-connected no doubt, but with distinct aims and characteristics. These are: the US war on […]
Commentaries
War on Iran: Tactical Success, Strategic Risk?
Today Turkey, not Iran, is Israel’s main strategic rival. If we agree on this, as strategists, the brilliance of the spectacular tactical display of military might, intelligence, and technology in […]