Russia remains Europe’s main gas supplier, but Europeans urgently need to understand the changes it is currently making to its energy transport infrastructure
Media mentions – Africa
The publication “Khartoum’s autocratic enabler: Russia in Sudan” by Mattia Caniglia and Theodore Murphy is mentioned in an article by Foreign Policy
returning [Hamdok] to power would not serve the purpose of quieting the [protests]
Theodore Murphy gives his assessment on Sudan’s future and need for international intervention
The political unease between Morocco and Algeria could boil over into something much worse
Whether or not it builds such new installations in the short term, Beijing’s consolidation of a pan-African security architecture will undoubtedly lead to their establishment in the long term
Michaël Tanchum’ Paper on China’s new military base in Africa: What it means for Europe and America is mentioned in Nikkei Asian Review
If Tesla Superchargers in Morocco lead to readily available and user-friendly charging stations then it will have been a very important development in spurring wider EV adoption
Michaël Tanchum is quoted in African Business on a potential Tesla expansion to Northern Africa
Since news emerged in September that the government of Mali was negotiating a contract with Russian private military company Wagner Group, France and other European states have made the issue a focus
Andrew Lebovich is cited in an EU Bulletin Article on geopolitical competition in Africa
The coup was a terrible catastrophe but if there is any silver lining to be wrung out of it, I think that Hamdok’s calculus was that it gave him an excuse to disperse of the difficult people
Theodore Murphy comments on the deal signed between Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and General Abdel-Fattah Burhan
If Europe is to maintain this stance, it will have to urgently find ways to square the circle of maintaining fidelity to democracy and healing the split between the prime minister and protest movement
Theodore Murphy’s recent commentary on Sudan’s new political agreement is quoted by Politico
Sunday’s political agreement is understood as not even a return to the status quo but a diminishment of the civilian’s role to a junior partner
Theodore Murphy comments on Sudan’s new political agreement and the reinstatement of Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister