Hans Hoebeke

Biography

Hans Hoebeke holds a degree in Political Science (International Relations) from Ghent University (1996) and is fluent in Dutch, French and English. He joined the Africa Programme as Senior Research Fellow in May 2006 focusing on the political and security developments in Central Africa (DRC, Burundi and Rwanda), African peace and security (in particular APSA and the African Union) and state-building with a focus on Security Sector Reform (SSR). Hans left the Institute in 2014 to become Senior Analyst Congo at International Crisis Group. He remains involved in the activities of the Institute.

Before joining the Institute, Hans worked as a desk officer at the Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1997-2000), as Attaché at the Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (1999), as political analyst at the Belgian Ministry of Defense (2000-2005) and as a Research Fellow at the Conflict Research Unit (CRU) of the Clingendael Institute (The Hague, the Netherlands) (2005-2006).

Publications

• The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Chairmanship of the African Union External publications (5-12-2022)
• The Old is Dying and The New Cannot Be Born (Yet?) External publications (8-02-2022)
• Rumble in the DR CONGO: President Tshisekedi is taking control Egmont papers (11-03-2021)
• 60 years of Congo’s independence: power, complicity and protest Commentaries (1-07-2020)
• The limits of President Tshisekedi’s Security Strategy in the Democratic Republic of Congo External publications (30-04-2020)
• Securing legitimate stability in the DRC: External assumptions and local perspectives External publications (17-10-2019)
• The EU has a role to play, but Africans must lead Commentaries (15-01-2014)
• Mali: filling the void Africa Policy Briefs (24-06-2013)
• The Sahel crisis: where do European and African perspectives meet? External publications (16-03-2013)
• Afrika 2013: toneel van strijd en interne spanningen External publications (16-01-2013)
• Continuïteit van instabiliteit: de verkiezingen in de Democratische Republiek Congo External publications (16-05-2012)
• L’Afrique du Sud quelques réflexions sur un partenaire stratégique d’un continent marginalisé External publications (16-02-2012)
• Local initiatives of community-based security in the Democratic Republic of Congo External publications (16-06-2011)
• Community-based security partnerships in post-conflict reconstruction External publications (16-06-2011)
• Het relaas van een turbulente relatie: de Congolees-Belgische betrekkingen External publications (16-05-2011)
• De Verenigde Naties en de Democratische Republiek Congo: een ‘mission impossible’? External publications (18-10-2010)
• Why the violence in Eastern Congo does’t stop Commentaries (30-08-2010)
• DRC politics. The politics of continuity? External publications (18-03-2010)
• Fragile states and the international response: in pursuit of security or development? Africa Policy Briefs (10-09-2009)
• Het lag nu tenminste niet aan België. EU-troepenmacht was geen wondermiddel geweest Commentaries (4-12-2008)
• Assessing security sector reform and its impact on the Kivu provinces External publications (18-11-2008)
• Politics of regional integration in Central Africa External publications (18-11-2008)
• Peace in the Kivu’s? An analysis of the Nairobi and Goma Agreements External publications (18-07-2008)
• EU support to the Democratic Republic of Congo, rapports et documents External publications (18-10-2007)
• De Democratische Republiek Congo: tussen neo-patrimonialisme en wederopbouw External publications (18-05-2007)
• The Democratic Republic of Congo and the evolution of ESD External publications (16-03-2007)
• Will the EU be able to reverse reconfirmation of patrimonial rule in the DRC? External publications (18-12-2006)
• The politics of transition in the DRC External publications (18-10-2006)