“The new National #Security #Strategy.. is..the biggest self-own in foreign policy… The NSS looks to end the Western security architecture…led by the US since the end of WWII& that is largely responsible for the US’s unprecedented wealth and prosperity.” alexzfinley.substack.com/p/trump-the-...

❓ Why are 1200 Belgian troops, 180 vehicles & 2 A400M deployed to #Gabon for over a month? ✍ I am arguing that such a major deployment in the current #security environment is a welcome sign of renewed focus by Belgian #Defence on #Africa in my latest @egmontinstitute.bsky.social brief #Belgium

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Belgian Defense Going Tropical: A Return in Focus to Africa" #BelgianDefense #AfricaPolicy #SecurityAndDefense #EUForeignPolicy #AfricaSecurity #PeaceAndSecurity #TropicalStormExercise 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/d43jau24

📢 What will happen to the thousands of militaries involved in the #war between #Russia & #Ukraine ? 🧵 We highlight 2 scenarios: 1️⃣ Integrating +/- 500,000 #battle-hardened soldiers with #trauma & #PTSD => #security risks & risks for #peace building 1) www.egmontinstitute.be/when-the-war...

Russian soldiers returning from the war in Ukraine have killed or injured over 1,000 people, investigation finds At least 551 people have been killed by returning veterans, more than half by former convicts, according to independent outlet Verstka.

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social & Sofie Rose @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "From the Donbas to Africa: How Returning Fighters Could Fuel a New Mercenary Wave" #RussiaUkraineWar #DDR #SecurityPolicy #Mercenaries #PMC #WagnerGroup #AfricaSecurity 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4u26f84k

📖| Au Mali, la junte militaire est-elle en panne ? Retrouvez l’analyse de Nina Wilén (@ninawilen.bsky.social), directrice du programme Afrique à l’Institut royal des relations internationales Egmont et professeure associée à l’université de Lund, sur #LeRubicon. lerubicon.org/au-mali-la-j...

❗️#Coup attempt in #Benin this morning by elements from the Garde Nationale ➡️ For more on Benin’s security collaborations with foreign partners, my @EgmontInstitute brief from last year ⚠️Note that the #security situation has deteriorated since then.. www.egmontinstitute.be/whats-brewin...

🎧 New Podcast ! 👉🏼You can now listen to a discussion about my book: “Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences” On the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Thanks to @mirandamelcher.bsky.social for the discussion! 🙏🏼 newbooksnetwork.com/securitizing...

Great to see @ninawilen.bsky.social's book is now out

Great start to the week with an insightful discussion on the political and security realities in the Sahel, hosted by 🇩🇰 Presidency. Professor Nina Wilén presented some of the key ideas in her new book on Securitising the Sahel, excellent background for a good debate ahead of this week’s FAC.

📢We have kicked off todays online book talk with our Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group! 📚We are joined by @ninawilen.bsky.social to discuss her newly published book 'Securing the Sahel' 👉Take a look at the book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

🚨 Upcoming event 🚨 Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights WG Book talk on the fantastic book Securing the Sahel 📚 'A 'security traffic jam' or networking missions in Mali?' with Nina Wilen 🎉 Held on 19 November sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/IRhp50Xp9bs Oxford University Press

"We knew in 2011 when #Libya was collapsing that we needed to hurry up…they came with huge amounts of #arms: convoys of arms … It was like a huge supermarket of arms for free … The Secretary-General requested a draft #strategy" #Sahel @oxunipress.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social

❓ Is the #military regime in #Mali running out of gas? ✍ I'm analysing the current crisis in my latest for @egmontinstitute.bsky.social - Fall of Bamako seems unlikely - Negotiated settlement possible - Social unrest likely #Sahel #JNIM #jihadist www.egmontinstitute.be/is-malis-mil...

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social‬ @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Is Mali’s military regime running out of gas?" #Mali #Sahel #Security #Africa #Governance #JNIM #Geopolitics #EgmontInstitute 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yhc7rkm2

The..ideologies which #Russia..harness, like #Pan-Africanism, #sovereigntism & anti-neocolonialism, are not illegitimate...But..can be used against the..Russians, who, in the 21st century..seek personal enrichment from the plunder of..African nations" #Africa #Sahel #Europe ecfr.eu/publication/...

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social‬ @egmontinstitute.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social "Securitizing the Sahel: Analysing External Interventions and their Consequences" #SecurityForceAssistance #Securitization #PeaceOperations #CivilMilitary 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/bdfpf7cc

➡️Want to read my book "Securitizing the #Sahel"? @oupacademic.bsky.social has made the introductory chapter available here until 10 November! It outlines the main argument & structure of the book! #Niger #Burkina #Mali #military #security #Barkhane #EUCAP #EUTM academic.oup.com/book/61385/c...

"The #military never wins the #war. We were incapable to do it with 6,000, but even if we had had 60,000 we could never have won the war, and we repeated it, repeated it, repeated it." Interview #Barkhane officer #Sahel #Mali #Niger #Burkina #France global.oup.com/academic/pro...

INSO endure une situation épouvantable au Burkina depuis juillet, qui empire encore aujourd'hui. Soutien et courage à leurs équipes

This is a fantastic achievement. Congrats, Nina, for producing the most comprehensive book to date on the foreign intervention in the Sahel. What makes this work so precious, among other things, is the unique body of evidence it relies on, collected year after year in multiple Sahelian countries

"Our commander told us to lie about the results…We had to make it a success…On paper we trained 800 soldiers during 6 months. But you don’t have 800 soldiers trained if you have 15 Kalashnikovs, no equipment & they all turned up in sandals" #EUTM #Mali global.oup.com/academic/pro...

"#Military juntas in #Mali, #Niger & #Burkina Faso..are now experiencing “buyer’s remorse” after ousting #US & French troops...Pentagon strategists..hope to sideline the Russians & get back into the West #African security business." #Russia #Sahel #France #jihadist www.wsj.com/world/africa...

👉 Look at that! 😊 Today the electronic version of my book: ⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐ is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social! #security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “The Cost of Forgetting Africa in Security Strategy” #Africa #Security #Geopolitics #EUdefence 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mr226je2

✍️ Dans @lalibre.be aujourd’hui, j’alerte: #Europe & #Belgique ne doivent pas oublier #Afrique dans les débats sur la #sécurité & #défense -Expansion #djihadiste 300% -Influence #Russie #Chine -Croissance démographique → impact inévitable sur l’Europe #foresight www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...

#UN rights chief..slammed the indefinite suspension of #elections in #Mali and the #junta-run country's "deepening crackdown" on civil society...since April alone, there had been hundreds of extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests & detentions" www.barrons.com/news/un-slam...

"For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations... ".#Africa is about 3 times larger than #Canada & more than 1,5 the size of #Russia" www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...

Least #Europe forgets... #Africa is currently witnessing the fastest growing jihadist expansion in the world: "Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel." africacenter.org/spotlight/en...

Excellent examination of #Wagner in #Mali showing increasing tensions: "Wagner fighters often operate outside the chain of command, use FAMA equipment without permission" "Wagner...display racist behavior toward the FAMA" #Russia #Sahel thesentry.org/reports/merc...

In my latest for @monde-diplomatique.fr, I'm painting a bleak picture of the #security & #political situation in the #Sahel: - #Jihadist expansion - #authoritarian rule entrenched - #Russia #Turkey #Gulf states increasing influence #Niger #Mali #Burkina www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/09/WILE...

Sharing my research article "Small State, Big Impact: Rethinking Malawi's Role in UN Peacekeeping Through the ‘Peacekeeping Army’ Framework (1994–2024)" @ninawilen.bsky.social @nupinytt.bsky.social @intpeacekeeping.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎧 Would you like to delve deeper into global matters with experts from the @egmontinstitute.bsky.social ? Listen to our #podcast “Global Affairs Unpacked” on Spotify! @ninawilen.bsky.social @atjmattelaer.bsky.social #SvenBiscop #internationalrelations #thinktank 👉 tinyurl.com/egmontpodcast

"'Our task is not only to participate in #uranium #mining, but to create an entire system for the development of civil nuclear power in #Niger,"...official Russian statement...." #Sahel #resources #minerals #Russia #France www.barrons.com/news/russia-...

I was interviewed for this article in @FDNewsOfficial about #Russia's influence in the #Sahel & West #Africa more broadly, with some telling infographics #Europa kijkt met argusogen naar toenemende Russische invloed in de #Sahel fd.nl/politiek/156... #FD #Politiek

"Wagner operatives who focus on #gold & #diamond mines..complain to #CAR.. that despite assuming greater #combat risks..they receive similar economic privileges as the Rwandans" #Russia fighting for influence in #Africa against #Rwanda www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

🖊️Ravi de participer à la Revue de #Defense nationale avec ma contribution intitulée : «La chute de la #Cédéao et l’ascension de l’#AES : une nouvelle architecture de sécurité en #Afrique de l’Ouest» avec 🌟- auteurs comme @maudinet.bsky.social www.defnat.com/sommaires/so...

🧵Nouvel article dans @lerubicon.bsky.social J’analyse la montée des acteurs non occidentaux au #Sahel ( #Mali, #Niger, #BurkinaFaso) ⬇️ 🔹 #Russie : influence sécuritaire limitée, alimentée par l’instabilité + désinformation 📖 À lire ici 👉 lerubicon.org/un-renforcem...

J’ai été interviewé par @news.dw.com concernant les attaques coordonnées par #JNIM au #Mali - JNIM gagne du controle & territoire au #Sahel - JNIM gagnant des atrocités de #FAMA & troupes #Russes contre civiles = délegitimisent l’Etat & ⬆️ recrutement amp-dw-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.dw.c...

Worth reading this excellent analysis of #JNIM from 2023 by #GI-TOC & #ACLED after the recent attacks in #Mali #Sahel West #Africa #jihadism globalinitiative.net/analysis/non...

"7 coordinated terror attacks on Tuesday, targeting citizens.. #defense & #security forces" #JNIM has confidence and capabilities to make coordinated attacks in West #Mali close to border with #Mauritania www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ma...

Dans ma dernière analyse pour ‪@lerubicon.bsky.social "Au #Sahel, un silence trompeur" je montre comment : – les transitions #militaire s’enracinent – la #violence explose +300% de morts, – #AES prend un virage autoritaire fort. #Mali #Burkina #Niger lerubicon.org/au-sahel-un-...

"d’une série de 322 vidéos & 647 photographies comportant des scènes de mutilation, de #torture, d’exécutions & de profanation de cadavres, partagées sur un canal de discussion secret affilié aux #mercenaires du.. #Wagner déployés en #Afrique" #Russie Révoltant www.jeuneafrique.com/1699621/poli...

"#Russia has continued its diplomatic expansion across #Africa with its recent plan to establish an embassy in Africa's youngest nation, the Republic of South #Sudan" africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifest...

"#Niger plans to nationalise a #uranium #mine operated by French nuclear firm #Orano as it continues to pivot away from former colonial ruler, #France" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

For those with any interest in Africa, @ninawilen.bsky.social is one to follow. Below, her latest on DRC

📄 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social ‘Identifying the Broader Lines and Connecting the Dots in the Current DRC Crisis’ #ConflictResolution #GreatLakes 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/44gWmIo

✍My latest @egmontinstitute.bsky.social: a short analysis of the current #DRC crisis, tying it to global trends of: - a competitive playing field - armed actors - a multiplication of #mediators - the chase for #natural #resources www.egmontinstitute.be/identifying-...

"#Mali & #Russia signed agreements..to bolster their economic & #trade relations, including.."the peaceful use of #nuclear energy".. ..Mali’s interim president met Russian President during a five-day official visit to Moscow" A FIVE-day visit to Russia?! www.africanews.com/2025/06/23/m...