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A welcome policy shift towards pragmatic partnerships amid the spectre of geopolitical competition in a multipolar & uncertain world. Also, great inclusions on peace and development. An honour to have participated in consultations for the International Development White Paper 👇🏽

In response to jihadist groups expanding their influence among Beninese Muslim communities, Jaynisha Patel highlights the pressing need to employ 'peacetech' solutions to strengthen sociopolitical resilience and safeguard positive democratic sentiment. gnet-research.org/2024/01/22/har…

With worsening security in the Sahel, its West Africa’s littoral states that will be put to the test. How can they build societal resilience against jihadi narratives? My new piece for GNET asks how Benin can entrench democratic engagement: shorturl.at/bgzPZ 👇🏽👇🏽

Penned a short election-eve explainer for Tony Blair Institute for Global Change - give it a read for the briefest overview of what’s at stake in South Africa’s most important election since 1994. More to follow on the geopolitical implications of the result next week 👇🏽👇🏽 institute.global/insights/geopo…

For the last 30 years, the African National Congress has been the party of power in #SouthAfrica. But this may change in today's general election. After crippling economic stagnation, an electricity crisis, fracturing social cohesion, and soaring violent crime, a budding

Trump sees Africa through a prism of strategic rivalry w/ China. Expect targeted US activity, shifting trade & security terms, less aid. The risk (& opportunity) for African nations is a balancing act: hedge partnerships to attract the right investments that allow policy autonomy

The #Sahel is caught in a dangerous downward spiral of deepening instability. In Project Syndicate, Senior Policy Analyst Jaynisha Patel calls for a new Compact for the region – a cooperative framework to curb the rapid spread of extremism. Read more ⬇️