Category: Africa
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By Andreea Lauricella Pivasu ABSTRACT As environmental degradation accelerates and issues such as resource scarcity and ecological collapse drive violent conflict and migration, global initiatives such as international agreements, renewable energy programs, and ecosystem preservation efforts have been launched worldwide. Among these ambitious solutions is the African Union’s Great Green Wall project, which was designed…
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Bora Aşkınoğlu Mar 8, 2024 1.0. Introduction This article will try to enlighten the inner Ethiopian power politics, its implications for the greater Horn of Africa region and beyond. Ethiopia is a peculiar country situated in the Horn, with many aspects that makes it unique in the study of African regional relations. Apart from being…
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Bora Aşkınoğlu Apr 14, 2024 0.0 Introduction Eritrea has one of the largest armed forces in Africa. Though classified, intelligence reports reveal that the number of active personnel serving in the Eritrean Armed Forces exceeds 200,000 troops. This article will discuss the reason why Eritrea maintains such a large armed force in…
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Federico Campagnolo Nov 15, 2024 ABSTRACT Since the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation has had to reposition itself both economically and diplomatically, as relations with the West hit rock bottom. Putin has been working to strengthen his country’s already existing relationships, particularly with China[19], Iran[31], and North Korea[35], to…
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Bora Aşkınoğlu Dec 27, 2024 ABSTRACT The Horn of African politics has recently been subject to significant geopolitical changes. The trilateral summit that took place in early October this year sent shockwaves across the Horn of Africa and beyond, signaling a dramatic shift in regional alliances and the formation of a military-diplomatic block aimed at…
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Ideas, opinions, stereotypes, misconceptions, misinterpretations… and we might endlessly go ahead enlisting the wide range of attitudes towards Africa. There’s the need of objectivity; there’s the need of appropriate study; there’s the need of keeping minds wide open. Possibly this was the attitude behind the necessity of organizing a lecture about “Discovering Africa” that Ca’Foscari…