Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.
"#Mali Meltdown: The Coordinated attacks & their Consequences"
My latest for @egmontinstitute.bsky.social with brilliant @casusbelli.bsky.social
We analyse the alliance btw #FLA & #JNIM;
#Africa Corps & Russia's reputation, #AES silence & #Sahel broadly
egmontinstitute.be/mali-meltdow...
“This will be a setback for #Russia more broadly...The Russians negotiating themselves out of #Kidal, leaving their Malian counterparts behind, doesn’t give a good impression"
I'm interviewed in @bloomberg.com about latest events in #Mali
#Sahel
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...?
In our new piece for @egmontinstitute.bsky.social Jonathan Fisher & I explore 3 #security trends in #Africa:
🌍 Decline of #multilateralism
🔗 Ad hoc #coalitions
🛡️ Security outsourcing
→ Fragmentation, privatization & weaker accountability
benefit 'authoritarians'
egmontinstitute.be/a-crowded-an...
"as he pushes for #sovereignty & #freedom from the West, his #junta benefits from a $300m loan from the #IMF & a $4.1bn in credit loans and grants from the #World Bank while actively eroding civil liberties internally"
#Sahel #Burkina
news.sky.com/story/the-yo...
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social and Jonathan Fisher @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
“A crowded and fragmented security landscape in Africa: Identifying three trends and their consequences”
#EgmontInstitute #Africa #Security #Peacekeeping #Geopolitics
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/2eshnf6a
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
First published in International Studies Review @oupacademic.bsky.social
“Security Force Assistance, Social Networks, Coups, and the Re-Ordering of Power Relations”
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yeywuazt
Can the current regime in #Mali stay after the coordinated attacks? What will happen to #JNIM-FLA alliance & #AES?
I'm discussing these questions in a debate @france24.com with Dominique TRINQUAND
Vincent HUGEUX Mamadou Ismaïla KONAT et @sergedaniel.bsky.social
www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9mis...
On the 25th of April, coordinated attacks across several major cities with military caserns in Mali were perpetrated by the largest Jihadist group in the region: Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin [...
"States in sub-Saharan #Africa increased their #arms imports by 13% compared with 2016–20...in 2021–25.
The three largest recipients were #Nigeria #16%, #Senegal 8.8%.. #Mali 8.0%"
The three largest suppliers were:
#China, 22%
#Russia 12%
#Türkiye 11%
www.sipri.org/publications...
Quand la guerre en #Ukraine finira, un autre risque sécuritaire pourrait émerger bien au-delà de #Europe : celui d’anciens combattants rejoignant des réseaux #mercenaires en #Afrique
Lisez notre analyse avec #Sofie Rose pour @lerubicon.bsky.social
Kori Schake
Nina Wilen
Nina Wilen
Nina Wilen
Nina Wilen
Nina Wilen
It has been more than a decade since the UN last authorized a multidimensional peacekeeping in Africa, in spite of the continent experiencing the highest number of state-based conflicts in […]
Hegseth: "We're still dealing with the environment Joe Biden created—depleting our stockpiles and sending them to Ukraine instead of our own military. Every time we face a challenge, it traces back to 'Well, sent it to Ukraine.'"
It looks like they’re just going to blame Ukraine
Nina Wilen
Nina Wilen
From 9 March 2026 the freely available SIPRI Arms Transfers Database includes updated data on transfers of major arms for 1950–2025. Based on the new data, this fact sheet presents key trends in arms ...
Retrouvez l’analyse de Nina Wilén (@ninawilen.bsky.social), directrice du programme Afrique à l’institut Egmont et professeur associée à l’université de Lund, et de Sofie Rose, chercheuse postdoctorale au Centre d’études sur la guerre de l’université du Danemark du Sud, sur #LeRubicon.
