West Africa’s Compounding Security Challenges
November 29, 2023
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In the summer of 2023, it looked for a moment that West Africa was at risk of a regional inter-state war of the sorts it had not
In the summer of 2023, it looked for a moment that West Africa was at risk of a regional inter-state war of the sorts it had not
The meeting between President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit in San Francisco has been the diplomatic event
In this episode of OrionTalks, host Suat Cubukcu is joined by Dr. Meike Ramon, an Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne. Dr. Ramon’s research,
In this episode of OrionTalks, Karl P. Kadon, the Chief of the Criminal Division at the United States Attorneys’ Offices, joins to discuss the far-reaching
Orion Policy Institute hosted a live Webinar on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, between 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM (EST) on Security Challenges in Africa: Coups, Terrorism, and External Interventions. The conversation covered counter-terrorism and political instability in the Sahel and beyond; external actors expanding their footprint in African internal conflicts, West African coup contagion, Wagner, and the relation between politics and banditry root causes; current government offensive against al-Shabaab and the role of foreign actors; broader ideological developments of IS/AQ/jihadism in Africa in the continent’s evolving political landscape, and more.
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In this Expert Panel Series, we gathered perspectives from various subject experts on the Hamas-Israel conflict and its global and regional impact on geopolitics. This
In this Expert Panel Series, we gathered perspectives from various subject experts on the Hamas-Israel conflict and its global and regional impact on geopolitics. This
Today, at least 38 countries employ tactics of transnational repression in as many as 91 host states. In what can be called the “toolkit” of authoritarian control, the hydra-heads of transnational repression encompass tactics ranging from surveillance to harassment and intimidation, use of state media, assassinations, spyware, physical violence, abduction, rendition, forcible return, conspiracy, and collaboration with actors in the host country.