Burundi on the brink again? Identifying risks before the 2020 elections
In less than a year Burundi will hold its first elections since the 2015 political crisis was triggered by the president’s bid for a third term. Almost five years after […]
Central Africa
Publications
Security forces’ strategies of resistance to transitional justice
Security forces are key actors in transitional justice, with the ability to hamper or upend the process. While concerns have often centred on their possible violent responses to transitional justice, […]
Réseaux sociaux numériques et processus démocratiques en Afrique centrale : entre systèmes hégémoniques et nouveaux régimes de dissidence
L’avènement des réseaux sociaux numériques en Afrique offre des opportunités nouvelles de mobilisation et d’expression d’un pluralisme des vues pour des populations souffrant le martyr de régimes monolithiques. Mais si […]
External publications
EEAS Academic Roundtable on Women Peace and Security. Intervention by Nina Wilen
The EEAS Academic Roundtable on Women Peace and Security was organised in collaboration with the Swedish Defence University on 25 June 2019 and brought together academic scholars from across the […]
External publications
Do transitional justice measures help foster democratic security forces?
Transitional justice faces growing expectations about its ability to support democratisation processes in countries transitioning from conflict and/or authoritarian rule. Empirical research investigating these claims, however, remains divided on its […]
External publications
Achieving a gendered transformation of the post-conflict military through security sector reform: unpacking the private–public dynamics
Reforms of the post-conflict military are often part of a broader security sector reform (SSR), focusing on public state institutions in the security domain. The military, as a traditionally masculine […]