The Great Sahel Game

  Case study developed following the webinar “The AES and the New Strategic Landscape in Africa,” hosted in August 2026 by Niofar IE Afrique, a community of economic intelligence professionals.   Introduction   The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) remains on course after three years of existence in a region of the Sahel where the…

Global biosurveillance under scrutiny

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic was undoubtedly a catalyst for the geopolitical changes underway in the first quarter of the 21st century. All evidence suggests that it also marked the beginning of a new biopolitical era, affecting a vast number of people, regardless of their nationality or where they live on the planet. Indeed, it has…