Analytical articles

Russia faces a tough choice in Africa: either to focus on low-risk and highly competitive markets, where projects will depend on a changeable political climate and eventualities or to explore high-risk and low-competition markets where Moscow has inherent non-market advantages and where dialogue with local authorities is mostly pragmatic

Twists and turns of the conflict in eastern DR Congo

Independence on paper or in practice? On the prospects of cooperation between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in security and social development

Food security is key to the continent’s self-reliance

Africa is big enough to accommodate everybody—its needs are incredibly huge and its prospects are truly breathtaking

Under a rapid change of the situation in international affairs, the countries are in need of immediate solutions, rather than prospective scenarios of mutual assistance and law enforcement support

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s tour portrayed Washington’s official strategy as more benevolent than it actually is

Vast territories with faltering government control turn Sub-Saharan Africa into an attractive region for IS to expand

In the absence of countries professing the world’s second largest religion and officially using some of the most widely spoken languages, the organization can hardly claim a truly high level of geographical, religious and linguistic representation

Forming a strategic partnership between Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali: prerequisites and outlook

The reality is less rosy for Paris than the Elysée Palace wants to present

Russia’s Foreign Policy Aspirations on the Eve of the Summit