Missing the target: The African Union’s mediating efforts in Burundi
In December 2015, following violent confrontations between the Burundian army and rebel groups, the African Union issued a communiqué to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping mission.
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Uhuru for Kenya?
President Uhuru Kenyatta is a guest at the European development days and in the margins of that summit he met the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel to talk about economic […]
The Iran nuclear deal: the Iranian and US domestic factors that put its implementation at risk
The Iran nuclear deal with E3+3 and P5+1 is not without its detractors. The Iranian Conservative Party, the US Republican Party and Israel disapprove. This policy brief aims to understand […]
The challenges of multi-layered security governance in Ituri
There has been a slow, but growing awareness among external actors that some local non-state security actors should be involved in security governance in conflict-affected situations. Often these actors consist […]
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After Paris and Brussels: reassessing ISIS’s strategy in Europe
The attacks in Paris and Brussels demonstrate a strategic shift for ISIS. Instead of focussing narrowly on territorial conquest in Syria/Iraq, the group has centrally and carefully planned a terror campaign […]
EU policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Try and fail?
This paper takes a critical look at EU policies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and their contribution to advancing human security in the country. It argues that an […]