The Gulf Between Europe and Strategic Reality
Why does Europe have no impact on the war in the Gulf? Nor even on the diplomatic efforts to settle the war? Europeans could have mounted a collective operation to […]
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
Commentaries
Mali Meltdown: Coordinated Attacks and their Consequences
On the 25th of April, coordinated attacks across several major cities with military caserns in Mali were perpetrated by the largest Jihadist group in the region: Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin […]
No Monopoly Left: How Drone Warfare Escaped Its Architects
Something is becoming impossible to ignore: wherever you look today – the skies above eastern Ukraine, the Persian Gulf, the plains of Burkina Faso – drones are reshaping the logic […]
External publications
Security Force Assistance, Social Networks, Coups, and the Re-Ordering of Power Relations
Security Force Assistance (SFA) delivered to fragile states where external and national actors share a common enemy aims to reinforce the national military and security actors more broadly. Such assistance […]
Commentaries
Bénin, présidentielle 2026 : vitrine démocratique et fractures silencieuses
Le Bénin aime à se raconter comme une exception. Et il n’a pas tout à fait tort. Dans une sous-région où les coups d’État se sont enchaînés à un rythme […]
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 […]