Don’t forget the forgotten conflict
Kristof Titeka, Joost Van Puijenbroeck and Koen Vlassenroot ask to the Belgian Foreign Minister, Mr Yves Leterme more attention to Conflict with the LRA rebels in Uganda, DR Congo, sudan and […]
Central Africa
Publications
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXII, Issue 2 (2009)
I. FRAGILE STATES – Fragile states and the international response: in pursuit of security or development?, Koen Vlassenroot and Hans Hoebeke – Failed states or failed concept?, Anna Maria Gentili […]
External publications
Influence groups and key players in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s mining sector
in Foresight 2009, December 2008. In this article, Valerie Arnould gives an overview of the main domestic actors and groups that drive policies in the DRC’s mining sector. (Photo credit: ENOUGH […]
Het lag nu tenminste niet aan België. EU-troepenmacht was geen wondermiddel geweest
Dat er geen EU-troepenmacht vertrekt naar Congo, is in meer dan één opzicht een gemiste kans, vindt HANS HOEBEKE . Maar we mogen de mogelijke impact van een EU-missie ook […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXI, Issue 4 (2008): The European Union in international affairs
Preface, Sven Biscop – Exporting the security community? The EU and regional security cooperation in the Mediterranean, Mark Furness – Shaping the post-Soviet space? The EU, region-building and interregionalism in […]
Assessing security sector reform and its impact on the Kivu provinces
The resumption of fighting in eastern Congo in October 2008 between rebel forces loyal to dissident General Nkunda and units of the Congolese army clearly underlines the fragility of the […]