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BEST DEFENCE POLICY PAPERS ON AFRICA IN THE LAST DECADE
Between 2016 and 2026, defence policy thinking on Africa shifted in response to changing global and regional realities. Intensifying great-power competition, the spread...
BEST DEFENCE POLICY PAPERS ON AFRICA IN THE LAST DECADE
Between 2016 and 2026, defence policy thinking on Africa shifted in response to changing global and regional realities. Intensifying great-power competition, the spread...
THE ALGERIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: TACTICAL LESSONS
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) remains one of the most instructive insurgencies of the twentieth century. Fought between the National Liberation Front...
DEFENCE MINISTERS’ MEETINGS: OUTCOMES THAT MATTER
As geopolitical pressures intensified in 2025, defence ministers’ meetings shifted from routine coordination to decision-making forums with real strategic weight. From NATO headquarters...
DEFENCE DIPLOMACY AS A TOOL OF AFRICAN SOFT POWER
As global geopolitics grows more complex, African states are increasingly turning to defence diplomacy as a strategic instrument for advancing peace, civil security,...
DEFENCE OFFSETS AND LOCAL MANUFACTURING: ARE AFRICANS BENEFITING?
Defence offsets have become a central feature of global arms procurement, particularly for developing economies seeking returns beyond hardware deliveries. Under these arrangements,...
AFRICA’S DEFENCE FUTURE IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
Global power is no longer dominated by a small circle of superpowers. Instead, influence is dispersed among competing actors the United States, China,...
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: WHAT AFRICA GAINS FROM GLOBAL DEFENCE PARTNERSHIPS
As geopolitical alliances realign, African countries are rethinking how they secure their borders and how they build their economies. Defence partnerships that once...
AFRICA’S DEFENCE INDUSTRIES AT A TURNING POINT
Africa’s defence industries stand at a critical moment. Although the continent spends over $40 billion annually on arms procurement, less than 2% of...
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN AFRICA’S DEFENCE ECONOMY
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have emerged as a pivotal mechanism for bolstering Africa’s defence economy, bridging the gap between limited state budgets and the...
