Once in a long while a new book comes along that challenges prevailing patterns of progressive social and economic thought in a way that is … Read more
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Dr Yvan Guichaoua talks to Le Monde on the Sahel region
Despite the coup d’état and the mistrust of the Malians, France maintains operation “Barkhane”. Paris’ rapid response after the putsch shows its determination to maintain … Read more
Dr Yvan Guichaoua discusses the persistent instability in the Sahel region
While France has been engaged in the Sahel for nearly eight years through the Serval and then Barkhane operations, new political upheavals have come in … Read more
United Nations peace operations and International Relations theory
United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence. Multidimensional peace operations have organised elections, helped deliver … Read more
Donald Trump can still win the US election says Dr Rubrick Biegon
Dr Rubrick Biegon has spoken with KMTV on how he believes the US election is still all to play for, despite Donald Trump being behind in … Read more
The end of liberalism – Dr Adrian Pabst writes for Institute of Art and Ideas
In 1984, the American political philosopher Michael Sandel anticipated the effects of liberal individualism when he wrote that ‘in our public life we are more entangled but less … Read more
French interventionism in the Sahel – Dr Yvan Guichaoua writes in International Affairs
What has been the impact of recent French military intervention in the Sahel? Yvan Guichaoua writes in the latest edition of International Affairs. The article … Read more
Political Bites: Dr Iain MacKenzie explores ‘What is the Point of Resistance Today?’
In this sixth episode of Political Bites, Dr Iain MacKenzie, Reader in Politics at the University of Kent, discusses ‘What is the Point of Resistance … Read more
Yvan Guichaoua cited in Associated Press article about French troops in Mali
Beyond security, “the French want, I think, to stay influential in their former colonies and have this leadership in this sort of global division of … Read more
Professor Elena Korosteleva speaks to BBC Radio WM regarding democracy protests in Belarus
Elena Korosteleva has been speaking to Paul Franks at BBC Radio WM about the ongoing situation in Belarus following the election earlier this month. Professor … Read more