2025-09-04
Dear Colleagues,
It is with heavy grief we share that ACPR founding board member, Prof. I. William Zartman, has passed away at the age of 93. Prof. Zartman was a founding supporter of ACPR. We send our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues. For more, see:
https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/08/12/bill-zartman-in-memoriam/
Bill, RIP.
2025-04-07
IRPIA (Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa) is pleased to announce the release of the latest three papers in its Policy Brief Series. Check them out at https://irpia.org/policy-briefs/irpia-policy-briefs
No. 2 (March 2025) on “Kenya’s Collectivist Security Approach in the Stabilization of Somalia” by Francis Onditi and James Yuko.
No. 3 (March 2025) on “Iranian Meddling and Iraqi Security: Policy Options for Europe” by Massimo Ramaioli.
No. 4 (April 2025) on “Beyond Military Responses: An African-Led Approach to Security and Development in the Sahel written” by Yasmine Mahssoun.
Please check out the papers and share among your networks. Even more, consider contributing – it is a way to make your research and ideas accessible and beneficial to the policy world.
Congratulations to Francis, James, Massimo and Yasmine! A big thanks to the policy brief editor, David Hurlbut!
2025-03-13
IRPIA (Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa) has launched its Policy Brief Series. Check it out at https://irpia.org/policy-briefs/irpia-policy-briefs
2024-08-27
Thanks to donation from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, you can now read my latest book (with Emmanuel) for free. Check out the book, International Statebuilding in West Africa: Civil Wars and New Humanitarianism in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire (Indiana University Press, 2024), at:
https://publish.iupress.indiana.edu/projects/international-statebuilding-in-west-africa
Feel free to share the link to the book. It is now Open Access.
2024-01-22
IRPIA is accepting applications for the positions of Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellows. See: https://irpia.org/news/irpia-fellows-call-for-applications
2023-05-19
CALL FOR PAPERS on State fragmentation in Africa. The deadline for submission of 200-word abstract is 25th June 2023.
2022-11-16
African Lens on Ukraine and more
“The Banality of Oppression, Multipolarity and the Ukraine War”