On 30th January, the French troops stationed in Chad completed their withdrawal. For the first time in more than sixty years, France had no soldiers
Our Non-Resident Fellow Federico Donelli appeared on TRT World’s Strait Talk program on the prospects for diplomatic normalization between Somalia and Ethiopia. The discussion explored
Donald Trump’s victory has inevitably prompted a general reflection on how his administration will affect American foreign policy and global dynamics. Most of the discussion
Our Non-Resident Fellow Federico Donelli published a commentary on The Conversation on Turkey’s mounting interests in Somalia. From the article, From energy investment to security
Our Non-Resident Fellow Federico Donelli, Ph.D. published an article at The Conversation on Rwanda’s military support to other countries. Access the article here.
In February 2024, Turkey and Somalia signed a defense and economic cooperation agreement that allegedly enables Ankara to protect Somalia’s territorial waters and to construct,
Our Non-resident Fellow, Selcan Karabektas’s article “Russia’s Growing Military Footprint in Africa: Arms Deals and Defense Cooperation” has been listed in RAND Corporation’s Monthly Snapshot Selection!
On May 3, an attack on an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) left 18 civilians dead and more than 30 others injured. The camps were near Goma,
Since the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan broke
Even though political and economic sanctions following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine have led to a recent decline in the Russian arms trade, in recent
