Podcast appearances and mentions of andrew lebovich

In the wake of the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008 the post-Cold War order was upended by a convergence of crises in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Beginning our series exploring this Crisis of the 2010s, we have been joined by Clingendael Institute Research Fellow Andrew Lebovich to explore the turmoil that engulfed communities across the Sahel and West Africa during this tumultuous period.The near collapse of the Malian state in the face of an insurgent offensive in January 2013 triggered a French-led European military intervention as well as wider regional instability that became intertwined with conflicts in every other state in the region. The rapid escalation of insurgencies, military coups and creeping involvement of Russian mercenaries and other external actors became symptoms of deeper structural pressures that have reshaped West African politics. As a scholar with extensive experience of the history and politics of West Africa, Andrew Lebovich can help guide us through the social roots of the crises that turned the Sahel region into one of the central geopolitical flashpoints of the 2010s.The background music is by Through the City by Crowander, and the production for this podcast was by Daniel Mansfield.   

Andrew Lebovich is a Research Fellow with Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit and also a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). When the coup in Niger happened at the end of July, he was doing research in this West African country. So I was really happy when he said yes to my request for an interview. I asked him also a question that is probably a simplistic one. Is the coup in Niger a pro-Russian coup? But we also discussed the role of France and the US in Niger, what to expect or maybe not to expect from ECOWAS and the risks of an epidemic of the coups in Africa. Listen to our conversation. And if you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/amatisak⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrej-matisak/message

The leader of Friday's coup in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore, joined a parade after the former military leader, Lt. Colonel Paul Henri Damiba, agreed to step down. We hear the latest from the capital Ougadougou and look at the background to the recent political upheaval with expert Andrew Lebovich of the Clingendeal Institute in the Netherlands. Also in the programme: a former Iranian political prisoner runs the London marathon; and the UK prime minister, Liz Truss, attends the Conservative Party conference after a turbulent first few weeks in office. (Photo: A man and a solider shake hands during a rally in support of the coup in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

On Monday January 24th, mutineers in Burkika Faso overthrew the democractically elected president, Roch Kabore.   This was the fourth military coup in the region in the past 17th months, including two coups in Mali and a coup in Guinea. To better understand the significance of the coup in Burkina Faso and its broader internaitonal and humanitarian implications, I am joined by three guests. Brice Bado is a political scientist and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Center for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP)/Jesuit University, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire  Andrew Lebovich a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Alexandra Lamarche, the senior advocate for West and Central Africa at Refugees International. 

In June this year, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the end of Operation Barkhane – a military offensive launched in 2013 against Islamist militants in the Sahel. France has determined, he said, it could no longer maintain a “constant presence” in West Africa. In this week's episode, host Mark Leonard discusses European interests in the region and what might change after France's Africa policy shift, together with Emanuela Del Re, former Italian deputy foreign minister and the new EU special representative for the Sahel; Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director, lead writer, and columnist for Le Monde; as well as ECFR's Andrew Lebovich. What does the end of Operation Barkhane in its current form mean for the Sahel? What could further European and international engagement in the region look like? This podcast was recorded on 7 July 2021. Further reading: • “After Barkhane: What France's military drawdown means for the Sahel” by Andrew Lebovich: https://t.co/xxZ11TiM24 Bookshelf • ”La Guerre de vingt ans. Djihadisme et contre-terrorisme au XXIe siècle” by Marc Hecker & Elie Tenenbaum • “Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel” by Alexander Thurston • “Être etudiant au Mali: chroniques d'une vie d'étudiant” by Boubacar Sangaré • “Moral Letters to Lucilius“ by Seneca •“From Empires to NGOs in the West African Sahel. The Road to Nongovernmentality” by Gregory Mann • “Half of a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • “L'Islâm in Europa: riflessioni di un imâm italiano “ by Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini

Podcast de notre BCM du 14 juin « Accès humanitaire et risques sécuritaires au Sahel » en présence de Lucile Grosjean, chargée de plaidoyer crises humanitaires et conflits pour Action Contre la Faim, Andrew Lebovich, chercheur invité au programme Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord (MENA), et modéré par Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, directeur du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR.

Mark Leonard speaks with Andrew Lebovich, Anthony Dworkin and Chloe Teevan, about what the demonstrators want, and EU-Algeria relations. Bookshelf: La Martingale Algérienne, Réflexions sur une crise by Abderrahmane Hadj-Nacer http://www.editions-barzakh.com/catalogue/la-martingale-algerienne-reflexions-sur-une-crise A History of Algeria by James McDougall https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-algeria/418AD49FDD701AB08A1D77E83423AB11 Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers by Elaine Mokhtefi https://www.versobooks.com/books/2736-algiers-third-world-capital The Battlefield: Algeria 1988-2002, Studies in a Broken Polity by Hugh Roberts https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/the-battlefield-9781786632517/ Protests and the ailing president: Algeria's political crisis by Andrew Lebovich https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_protests_and_the_ailing_president_algerias_political_crisis Renewing Europe by Emmanuel Macron https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/three-goals-to-guide-european-union-renewal-by-emmanuel-macron-2019-03 Picture credit: Algeria Protests 2019 2nd week by Bachounda via Wikimedia https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81:Algeria_Protests_2019_2ndweek_1.jpg#filelinks, CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Mark Leonard speaks with Shoshana Fine and Andrew Lebovich about what Europe is trying to do in the Sahel. Bookshelf: The Good Immigrant by Nico Schuettler From Empires to NGOs in the West African Sahel by Gregory Mann https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/from-empires-to-ngos-in-the-west-african-sahel/A091DE71429912E256C6A1E093CD7274 Halting ambition: EU migration and security policy in the Sahel by Andrew Lebovich https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/halting_ambition_eu_migration_and_security_policy_in_the_sahel Picture credit: Gaoudel Mali refugee women by jhntering via Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaoudel_Mali_refugee_women.jpg, CC-BY-2.0

Podcast de notre BCM du 9 octobre : « Les politiques migratoires et de sécurité de l’Union européenne dans le Sahel » avec Giovanni Faleg, senior analyst à l’EUISS, Jalel Harchaoui, doctorant en Géopolitique à l’Université de Paris 8, Andrew Lebovich, chercheur invité au programme Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord (MENA) de l’ECFR, et moderé par Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, directeur du bureau de Paris de l’ECFR.

Podcast du Black Coffee Morning "Sahel : comment l’intégration régionale peut favoriser la stabilité" du 13/06/2017, animé par Fransje Molenaar, chercheuse à l'Unité de Recherche sur les Conflits de Clingandael, Mattia Toaldo, Senior Policy Fellow à l'ECFR, Andrew Lebovich, chercheur invité à l'ECFR, et Tara Varma, coordinatrice du bureau de l’ECFR Paris.

Andrew Lebovich comes on the show to discuss the various jihadi groups that have been active in Mali over the past few years. Some of the topics covered include: The political process in Mali after the French intervention Why there has been a rise in violence recently Why IS has not been able to penetrate Mali like many of the other jihadi zones Where things might be going from here  Links Andrew Lebovich | European Council on Foreign Relations Andrew Lebovich (@tweetsintheME) | Twitter Deciphering Algeria: the stirrings of reform? | European Council on Foreign Relations How we talk about Islam in Mali and Beyond | The Wasat Thanks to Haakon Jahr, TankThoughts, and Raihan Kadir for supporting the show. You can help support the podcast, and get some cool rewards, by checking out the show’s Patreon page. The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net, or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod. You can subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, or with our RSS feed.