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BATTLEFIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN AFRICAN ARMIES
Battlefield communication has become one of the most critical determinants of military performance on the continent. Modern operations against insurgent groups, transnational criminal...
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...
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,...
BENEATH THE SURFACE: AFRICA’S UNDERSEA CABLES AND RISING NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS
Africa’s digital economy depends on infrastructure that few citizens ever see. Thousands of kilometers of submarine fiber-optic cables lie on the ocean floor,...
GLOBAL SECURITY WATCH: IRAN–ISRAEL TENSIONS AND STRATEGIC SIGNALS FOR AFRICA
The brief but intense Iran–Israel confrontation of June 2025 marked a turning point in global security calculations. The twelve-day exchange sparked by Israeli...
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...
SKIES OF ALLIANCE: HOW JOINT AIR EXERCISES RESHAPED GLOBAL AEROSPACE SECURITY IN 2025
From July 10 to August 8, 2025, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces ran Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), the largest air contingency exercise ever...
Why General C.G. Musa Is the Right Defence Minister for Nigeria—Right Now
President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.) as Minister of Defence comes at a moment when the nation urgently requires...
