Rather multiple than non-alignment.

Africa has been pivotal to Beijing's efforts to construct an alternative architecture of global institutions. In the past decade, China has been behind the creation of more multilateral organizations than any of its peers on the UN Security Council. africacenter.org/spotlight/afri…

I am totally stoked to have my grubby mitts on Tom Gardner’s book! Tom has provided huge insights into Abiy Ahmed while covering Ethiopia for The Economist and this book takes things to the next level.

600 US troops remain in Niger as withdrawal continues dlvr.it/T8Hn7b

Natasha Marrian #SouthAfrica: making of a #GNU Never thought #ANC African National Congress would capitulate this quickly, this easily; succumbing to its fate without much resistance, almost relieved. Its weakness will make it, make Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦, more vulnerable in months ahead. Could this scupper the GNU?

List of countries and organisations attending Ukraine summit in 🇨🇭. Counted 11 African countries (Benin, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia South Africa) UN only has observer status. eda.admin.ch/dam/eda/en/doc…

From 11 African countries attending the Ukraine Summit only Libya and South Africa decided not to support the final declaration yahoo.com/news/final-doc…

If this goes ahead it will be a gob-smacking example of EU tunnel vision. The Rwandan army doing such a great job in Moz is the same army which is inside DRC, supporting the M23 and creating 2m Congolese displaced. Help one, and you help the other. clubofmozambique.com/news/eu-set-to…

Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says. A lot is at stake | AP News apnews.com/article/nigeri…

BREAKING: The AU Peace and Security Council endorses the establishment of a new African Union-led Mission after the current mission ATMIS ends by Dec 2024. African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security said the new AU-led Mission will focus supporting federal government to further degrade Al-Shabaab and

I guess countries except more direct support for military ad hoc coalitions.

Austria continues to cover 80-90% of its gas supplies from Russia. Hard to blame others outside the 'West' to circumvent sanctions if EU countries are relaxing at home. derstandard.at/story/30000002…

After elections SA gets a new foreign minister but will it get a new foreign policy? Most experts doubt it.

Honestly, I don't think there is enough political backbone to let Ukraine into NATO for fear of invoking art 5 against expansion ist Russia. More likely are EU membership + security guarantees.

Außenministerin Baerbock ist heute in Westafrika. Im Mittelpunkt ihrer Reise steht die Stabilisierung der Sahel-Region. Mehr zu den Konflikten dort und den Handlungsoptionen Deutschlands im SWP-Aktuell von Denis M. Tull SWP Africa & MidEast. swp-berlin.org/publikation/wi…

Geopolitics rearranging trade flows? Germany now exports more to Poland than China. spiegel.de/wirtschaft/deu…

In this brief John Karlsrud & I are arguing that the multilateral system either needs to reform adapting to new realities or risk becoming deinstitutionalized with more ad hoc coalitions & club governance replacing international institutions. Global Observatory theglobalobservatory.org/2024/09/the-mu…

UNITAMS can hardly count as peacekeeping mission. It was a political mission. UNVIC is a verification missionand, the Haiti mission is a police mission. So no new PKOs.

🚨NEW: The Multilateral System: Between Reform and Deinstitutionalization by @JohnKarlsrud from NUPI, and Malte Brosig from Wits University Read the article here ⬇️ theglobalobservatory.org/2024/09/the-mu…