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Faye Duran
Geopolitics, Security & Intelligence Analyst | Maritime Security, Travel Risk & Crisis Monitoring – Middle East, Africa, & Europe
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Strategic lead, maritime and ports facility threats counter consultant, Director of DRCS Africa HQ
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Wira Gregory
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Security Observer is an independent initiative and platform amplifying expert voices from the Global South, creating space for underrepresented professionals to share analysis, insight and informed perspectives on security issues, while connecting regional expertise with broader strategic understanding.
Mission: To provide an independent platform for experts from the Global South to contribute analysis, insight and informed perspectives on security issues, and to bring regionally grounded expertise into wider policy and strategic discussions.
Objective: To address the imbalance in whose expertise is recognised in international security debates by elevating perspectives that are too often overlooked, fostering a more balanced and credible exchange of ideas, and helping translate regional knowledge into deeper understanding of complex security challenges.
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The Killing of a Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group Leader: Security Implications and Militant Sympathies
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The Geopolitics of Despair: Why North Africa’s Social Crisis Is a Security Crisis
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