The Throne, the Patrons and the Treasury: Why Africa’s Wars Do Not End
Photo: AP Photo/Mohnd Blal Across the continent, armed conflicts follow a recurring script: a contested claim to power, foreign sponsors who supply the means, and[…]
The Geopolitics of Despair: Why North Africa’s Social Crisis Is a Security Crisis
Photo: Italian Navy Europe’s border-first approach treats the symptoms of youth hopelessness in the Maghreb while its political and economic drivers deepen. A durable Mediterranean[…]
Chaos ab ordo: Is it time to relocate Arab prosperity to the West?
Image: Mohsen Saafi Renewed fighting around the Persian Gulf and the Bab el-Mandeb, and the reactivation of Saudi air operations against Ansar Allah, have again[…]
Saving Tunisia is Saving Europe: For a New Pact of Shared Survival in the Mediterranean
Photo: Francisco Seco/Pool via Reuters Five years after President Kais Saïed dismantled Tunisia’s parliamentary system and concentrated executive power, the country is no longer merely[…]
From Uprising to Strategy: Why Africa’s Collective Security Architecture Must Integrate Gen Z and Civil Society
Photo:Aljazeera/Archive From the storming of Kenya’s Parliament in June 2024 to the fall of Andry Rajoelina’s government in Madagascar in October 2025, and from the[…]
South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Strategic Autonomy and Security Architecture in a Fragmented Global Order: A Retrospective Assessment
Photo: Reuters Earlier this year, I had the honour of taking part in an invitation-only roundtable hosted by a South African university, titled “Reflections on[…]
Massifying Leadership to Mitigate Strategic Instability in Africa: Beyond the Craft Model Toward Agenda 2063
Massifying Leadership to Mitigate Strategic Instability in Africa: Beyond the Craft Model Toward Agenda 2063 The security landscape of contemporary Africa cannot be analyzed solely[…]