– Stablising the Sahel. Livestock as a driver of regional integration (SPARK)– Migration and Development: Examining the migration development nexus in Kayes Region, Mali (ADMIGOV)– Employment creation potential, labor skills…

by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDipPolicyinstitute.net According to Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU), the Federal States’ position is that disaster control should remain within their competences. However, the Federal Government…

https://sahelcenter.org/ – New EU strategic priorities for the Sahel. Addressing regional challenges through better governance (European Parliament)– Climate change and resilience in the Central Sahel (cascades)– Precarious Situation in the…

by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com The situation in the wake of the severe floodings in the west of the Federal Republic of Germany has stabilized. Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate announced…

by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDipPolicyinstitute.net In ‘Realpolitik and Diplomacy,’ a podcast by the CATO Institute, host John Glaser asks his guest, Prof. Dr. Brian Rathbun, one of the world’s leading…

by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip Policyinstitute.net Positive freedom is the right of an individual to do whatever is not forbidden nor discouraged. Negative freedom, in defiance of the connotation, is,…

https://sahelcenter.org/ Unpacking the EU’s New Sahel Strategy (PEACELAB) Time to Rethink Development Assistance in the Sahel (American Diplomacy) Select Food System Transformations in the Sahel and West Africa. Implications for…

By Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip The Podcast ‘Middle East Focus’ recently treated the subject ‘Counterterrorism under the Biden Administration’ and welcomed two guests: The first: Matthew Levitt, Fromer-Wexler Fellow and…

– Africa is creating its own Great Wall – and it’s green (World Economic Forum)– The Sahel: What needs to change – Towards A New People-Centered Approach (People’s Coalition for…