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The Sahel Region, the EU and a changing global Order

In 2023, the Sahel crisis entered its twelfth year and took on a worrying new dimension. Terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and subsequent military coups continued to destabilise the entire region. Multipolar competition...

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Strategic Security and Critical Raw Materials: The Role of the European Investment Bank

A secure supply of critical raw materials (CRMs) is crucial for the realisation of the European Union’s energy transition. To increase domestic production and diversify imports of these materials, the European Commission published its proposal for...

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The Sahel region: a litmus test for EU–Africa relations in a changing global order

In 2023, the Sahel crisis entered its twelfth year assuming a new, worrying dimension. Terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and successive military coups continue to spread instability across the whole region. Emerging competition...

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Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam

Since 2011, the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has provoked a diplomatic crisis between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, adding fuel to the already combustible geopolitics of the Horn of Africa. Despite its technical aspects,...

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Publications

IAI Papers 03/04/2024

Normative Power Europe at a Crossroads? The Normative Dimensions of the EU’s Relations with ASEAN and ECOWAS

Natthanan Kunnamas, Bernardo Venturi

Rome, IAI, April 2024, 21 p.

In: IAI Papers 24|09

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IAI Commentaries 11/03/2024

The Italy-Africa Summit 2024 and the Mattei Plan: Towards Cooperation between Equals?

Filippo Simonelli, Maria Luisa Fantappiè, Leo Goretti

Rome, IAI, March 2024, 5 p.

In: IAI Commentaries 24|11

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IAI Commentaries 11/03/2024

The Mattei Plan for Africa: A Turning Point for Italy’s Development Cooperation Policy?

Daniele Fattibene, Stefano Manservisi

Rome, IAI, March 2024, 5 p.

In: IAI Commentaries 24|10

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Research

Ten Years of Crisis in the Sahel Region. Perspectives for an EU Contribution to Peace and Security

Ten years from its outbreak, the Sahel crisis has assumed a new dimension in terms of degeneration of legitimate governance and regional security...
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African challenges to multilateralism: the geopolitics of the Nile between conflict and cooperation

The tensions between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan pertaining the GERD risk undermining the stability of the entire region of the Horn of Africa, which...
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The future of AU-EU cooperation: Towards a new era?

In early March 2020 the EU presented its document “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa” in order to pave the way towards a new partnership...
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