Laura Berlingozzi

Can dialogue with jihadist groups bring peace to the Sahel? Warfighting has only deepened wounds, hardened divides, and fuelled new insurgencies – a rethink is long overdue.

and here is the longer opinion piece www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

What’s Unsaid | Should we talk to the jihadists? After a decade of fighting jihadist groups in the Sahel, a researcher detects a “timid openness” to dialogue by the region’s military governments.

When military strategies fail — what comes next? I spoke with @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on #WhatsUnsaid about the #Sahel, shifting red lines, and why talking to jihadists isn't such a radical idea
Thanks for having me @obianyadike.bsky.social
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ICYMI: Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger by Adam Sandor and Laura Berlingozzi @adamsandor.bsky.social @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social

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New in Geopolitics: Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger by Adam Sandor and Laura Berlingozzi @adamsandor.bsky.social @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social

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Can dialogue with jihadist groups bring peace to the Sahel? Warfighting has only deepened wounds, hardened divides, and fuelled new insurgencies – a rethink is long overdue.

With Marta Cavallaro, we explore "Can dialogue with jihadist groups bring peace to the Sahel?" www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social

NIJAR Project "Negotiating with Islamist and jihadi armed groups: practices, discourses and mechanisms across Asia and Africa"

Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger Recent shifts in the international security partnerships of several Sahelian countries have become a matter of fierce public debate. This article analyzes the link between geopolitical imaginaries,...

This is a really important piece by @adamsandor.bsky.social and Laura Berlingozzi on the deeply ambiguous role of civil society under military rule in Burkina Faso and Niger.

Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger Recent shifts in the international security partnerships of several Sahelian countries have become a matter of fierce public debate. This article analyzes the link between geopolitical imaginaries,...

How do civil society actors in the Central hashtag#Sahel shape their governments' foreign policies and geopolitics? @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social and I examine this question with regard to current politics in #Niger and #Burkina Faso. 1/x

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