📣Call for Applications
We’re offering 3 funded #fellowships for a 3-month research stay (fall 2026) in Germany.
For #post-docs from African countries working on security, democracy, economic transformation, global order and science diplomacy.
📅 Deadline: 25 March 2026
Apply now: t1p.de/3tt3s
Wir suchen Verstärkung!!!
🎙️ Podcast Alert 🎙️
Tune in to the podcast with @denistull.bsky.social and @ltschoerner.bsky.social for insights on the latest developments in the Sahel region, and to find out why and how the EU should re-engage.
www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
📢 New study alert!
Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the New #Multipolarity explores how #Africa navigates a new world order.
18 authors, 8 chapters, and 1 deep dive into security, democracy, trade, infrastructure, minerals, digital policy and urban development. 🧵
Over the past few months, Megatrends Afrika has published a series of in-depth analysis delving into current developments across the #Sahel region. Join us for a 🧵 highlighting key findings.
📣Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa: #Trump is popular in the #Sahel.
@ltschoerner.bsky.social explores why many view him as respectful of African sovereignty, highlighting narratives of him as an anti-imperialist, peacemaker, and advocate of traditional values 👉 t1p.de/4pwfo
« Ich denke, dass die Bezeichnung Nigers als Stabilitätsanker vielmehr einer Wunschvorstellung als der Realität entsprach » so @ltschoerner.bsky.social heute im Artikel von Carlota Brandis in der FAZ 👇
Hundreds of people gather in front of the French military base to hold a protest demanding the French soldiers to leave the country, in Niamey, Niger on September 16, 2023.
🏆MOST READ in 2024: Immerse yourself in 5 of our analysis of a changing nature of conflict, the impact of megatrends on democracy, and a new world order.
#4 today: @ltschoerner.bsky.social and Lena Gutheil on Working With Civil Society in Authoritarian Contexts? The Case of Niger 🇳🇪 👉 t1p.de/fl2s8
Talking with jihadists? #Niger #Sahel
Please check out our new @mtafrika.bsky.social Policy Brief, in which my colleague Lisa Tschoerner explores Niger's experiences under Pres Bazoum to end jihadist violence. Frequently advocated, this approach is more difficult than is admitted
