Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
November 26, 2021
Africa, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
The most likely and effective solution to the situation in Sudan and for the security of the civil population is pressure from the international community. This can happen through sanctions, though these should be carefully targeted, so they spare the civil population as far as possible.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
October 5, 2021
Africa, Counter-Extremism, Latest Articles
Jihadist groups are constantly becoming more decentralized in nature but also asymmetrical in their approaches, including through online propaganda and recruiting. In that sense, an event in one country can easily affect another, especially when it comes to affecting the mindsets of others.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
August 24, 2021
Africa, Counter-Extremism, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
While Burkina Faso has not in more recent times witnessed classic civil wars like other West African states, there are many similar traits between the current situation and a civil war with several groups including the government fighting internally.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
July 1, 2021
Africa, Latest Articles
Violence has continued in the country despite crackdowns from government forces, and due to Chad’s strategic position in the region there are potential spill-over effects following this change in the degree of internal stability in Chad which will affect the region as a whole.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
April 6, 2021
Africa, Latest Articles
Local peace negotiations such as the ones between Fulani and Dogon can contribute to peace building plans as they often provide a comprehensive insight into the roots of the problems.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
March 2, 2021
Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Sub-Saharan Africa
Located in West Africa, Guinea-Bissau, with its 1.8 million people, constitutes what has for many years been a fragile state located in between Senegal and Guinea. Beside the overshadowing problem of not being able to sustain a stable governing system, the country is struggling with networks of drug trafficking – a problem that is not new, but has proven hard to combat in the given security context.
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Jack Davies
February 18, 2021
Africa, Environment and Energy, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
With water scarcity in some highly populated regions projected to increase over the coming decades, some have argued that wars over access to and control of water may become some of the most common, most devastating conflicts of the 21st century.
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Luke Austin
February 10, 2021
Africa, Economic Development, Latest Articles
The Japanese military presence in the Horn of Africa commenced in 2009, when two Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) destroyers were dispatched to the region to participate in counterpiracy operations following an emergency order from the cabinet. In 2011, in order to facilitate this, Japan Self-Defence Force (JSDF) Base Djibouti was established.
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Oliver Hegglin
February 5, 2021
Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
In the last months of 2020, Israel normalized its ties with four Arab countries. In the case of Morocco, the US issued a proclamation, recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, making it the first country in the world to do so. What consequences such recognition will have on what is essentially a conflict in limbo is unclear.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
January 30, 2021
Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uncategorized
While there is no doubt that both national and international anti-piracy laws will lead to better conditions for the fight against piracy, it is evidently important to be aware of the opportunities that national laws have where international law cannot deliver.
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