-
Gekommen um zu bleiben: Nigers Militärjunta konsolidiert ihre Macht
Ein Jahr nach dem Putsch sitzt die nigrische Militärjunta fest im Sattel. Um ihre Macht zu sichern, so Lisa Tschörner in diesem Spotlight, mobilisieren die neuen Machthaber die Bevölkerung, inszenieren eine erfolgreiche Abwehr von Bedrohungen und bauen Partnerschaften mit autoritären Staaten aus.
Megatrends Spotlight 36, 26.07.2024 -
Wie man über den Krieg in Sudan sprechen sollte – und wie nicht
Die Berichterstattung über den Krieg in Sudan wird durch drei gängige Erzählungen vernebelt, vom "vergessenen Konflikt", der "Auseinandersetzung zweier Generäle" und dem "Stellvertreterkrieg". Gerrit Kurtz (SWP) wirbt für eine nuanciertere Betrachtungsweise durch Journalist:innen und Politiker:innen.
Megatrends Spotlight 30, 22.04.2024 -
What Role for External Security Partnerships in Coastal West African States?
In the face of a growing threat of jihadism from the Sahel, this brief investigates how Ghana, Benin, and Togo respond, diversifying security ties beyond traditional allies. Amidst expanding networks and complex regional arrangements, this brief calls for an integrated security cooperation and urges coherence in countering the jihadist threat in the Sahel.
Megatrends Policy Brief 25, 14.03.2024, 10 Seitendoi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB25
-
Women in Peace Talks: Lessons Learned from Mali
The integration of women leaders into Mali’s peace process between 2020 and 2022 was superficial, belated, and steeped in controversy. But it was a rare case in which women war-makers and mediators could influence high-level peace talks. Today, the Malian experience yields important lessons for mediators and policymakers.
Megatrends Policy Brief 23, 22.02.2024, 6 Seitendoi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB23
-
Arming Civilians in Burkina Faso
Since 2016, jihadists affiliated with JNIM and ISGS have spread across Burkina Faso, offering resources and protection to marginalized areas while expelling state officials. This has fueled violence, reignited communal rivalries, and routinised armed mobilizations, as the use of weapons increasingly became a commonplace social practice.
Megatrends Policy Brief 22, 21.02.2024, 10 Seitendoi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB22
-
Chad Navigates Multipolar Disorder
Deby is seizing the multipolar disorder as an opportunity to consolidate his power. By capitalizing on Chad's status as one of the region’s last remaining partners of Western states, Deby has relied on French military presence as the ultimate deterrent against his overthrow by force. However, cooperation with the UAE in channelling military assistance to the RSF in Sudan, poses serious domestic and external risks.
Megatrends Policy Brief 19, 11.12.2023, 7 Seitendoi:10.18449/2023MTA-PB19
