Dossier articles from the past 3 months
A glance at Africa’s major intelligence agencies In the African regions, North Africa has the longest tradition of intelligence. In Egipt, The General Intelligence Service (GIS) is the main agency and one of the oldest and most influential services on the continent. Responsible for both internal and external intelligence. Among the most sensitive dossiers it…
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In many African countries, intelligence agencies are used by those who govern as a tool for social control and repression of dissent. From Kagame’s Rwanda to al-Sisi’s Egypt, the evolution of an apparatus that should serve the state and not those who hold power. It was New Year’s Eve 2014 when Patrick Karegeya, former head…
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Investments that are lower by more than half the global average, a lack of coordination and cooperation plans between the intelligence agencies of the various countries. The risk of being at the service of the political elite of the moment. Little attention to cybersecurity. We discuss this with Annette Hübschle, research director of the Global…
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The market is expected to reach $700 billion by 2050. However, cybersecurity is a growing concern, with increased attacks and significant losses in countries such as South Africa and Nigeria. Often, regimes use technologies to survey dissent. It was in January 2018 that an investigation by the French newspaper Le Monde revealed espionage activities conducted…
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President Erdoğan’s country has built a relationship of trust with many African partners, also taking advantage of their growing detachment from the West. Cooperation, investments and defence have done the rest: the Anatolian presence on the continent is increasingly relevant. Libya, Egypt and Somalia, three countries under scrutiny If there is a continent where Turkish…
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First with Sadat’s mercenaries, then with drones and economic agreements in the waters of the Mediterranean. Finally, the military support marked a turning point in the defence of Tripoli against General Haftar’s men. And now the future of the country passes through Erdoğan. A ten-year tit-for-tat with the world. This could be the summary of…
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Among all the African countries, Somalia represents the most evident example of Turkish strategy and pragmatism on the continent. The origin of the relationship between the two countries dates back to 2011, the year in which Erdoğan visited a Mogadishu devastated by famine and war with the Islamist militia al-Shabaab, the only non-African leader to…
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Turkey and Egypt are reconciling after eleven years of estrangement and controversy, which began with the Egyptian coup in 2011 that overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood and installed the current president. The reasons for the reconciliation can be read on the regional agendas of the two governments: from Libya to Palestine, passing through Syria. An alliance…
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The global scenario as we have known it for the last thirty years is undergoing a period of inexorable change, the effects of which can be seen in the geopolitical turmoil affecting the various chessboards. The Mediterranean Sea, while continuing to acquire an ever-greater geo-economic centrality, the centre of interests of the major global powers,…
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The phenomenon of the territorialisation of the Seas has not spared the Mediterranean area, which is increasingly restricted and at risk of crisis, with areas of high seas drastically reduced. This situation becomes even more evident in the eastern part of the basin, which is characterised by the high level of conflict determined by the…
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In addition to the economic ferment connected to the opportunities of maritime and land trade, the Mediterranean is currently witnessing one of the most decisive games related to security, a factor that connects the economic and social interests of the entire planet. In some countries – such as Israel and Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Greece,…
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The Houthi attacks, in addition to accelerating the contemporary processes of nearshoring and friendshoring of production chains, resulting in the creation of new value chains based on proximity to ensure greater security, are accelerating the processes of identifying alternative land corridors, with the Mediterranean as their final destination. This need is also driven by geopolitical…
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The Colombian environmental and peace activist has played a key role in establishing a protected area in the Amazon, providing small farmers with access to…
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One day, two friends named Ebopp and Mbaw went off in search of a good site to establish a farm with fine fields of grain and…
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Young people will play an important role at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. This will give young people a greater voice in climate action and policy-making at…
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