
Hager Ali
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Hager Ali
@ActuallyHager
Research Fellow & PhD @GIGA_Institute, Journalist. Civil-Military Relations, Authoritarianism, MENA, Sudan. Edits #AutocraciesWithAdjectives. Alumna @CEUpolsci



♟ #AutocraciesWithAdjectives No.28 Recent military coups in the #Sahel have benefited Russia. @plichta_marcel & @C_Faulkner_UCF argue that Moscow's mercenaries are not to blame for the democratic retrenchment, but they are emboldening military dictators bit.ly/4bxbjrG


📢 It's newsletter time again, this time kicking off the celebrations for our 50 anniversary + featuring @diisdk's analysis of #Russia's quest for influence in #Africa, picks on wars by @IDS_UK, @GIGA_Institute, @ISDCBerlin @IIR_Prague & more ⬇️ mailchi.mp/eadi/nl1march2…


Tomorrow, Friday 1700GMT on @XSpaces, we host a round-table discussion on the ECOWAS decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger and Guinea. Is it a carrot-and-stick tactic to forestall intended withdrawals from the regional bloc or geopolitical shifts? twitter.com/i/spaces/1djxX…



The more pre-existing factions join the war, the more it drowns out the principal SAF-RSF conflict with faction-specific agendas. The chain of command between troops falls apart the more local battles detach from Al-Burhan’s or Dagalo’s respective interests. That changes a lot

NEW PUBLICATION! I analyzed 10 months of combat locations, weapons transfers, military logistics & networks in #Sudan🇸🇩 to reconstruct how the #RSF overtook the #SAF on the ground - and how Wagner & UAE supplied this war. Summary🧵below giga-hamburg.de/en/publication… @GIGA_Institute




NEW PUBLICATION! I analyzed 10 months of combat locations, weapons transfers, military logistics & networks in #Sudan🇸🇩 to reconstruct how the #RSF overtook the #SAF on the ground - and how Wagner & UAE supplied this war. Summary🧵below giga-hamburg.de/en/publication… @GIGA_Institute

NEW PUBLICATION! I analyzed 10 months of combat locations, weapons transfers, military logistics & networks in #Sudan🇸🇩 to reconstruct how the #RSF overtook the #SAF on the ground - and how Wagner & UAE supplied this war. Summary🧵below giga-hamburg.de/en/publication… @GIGA_Institute

NEW PUBLICATION! I analyzed 10 months of combat locations, weapons transfers, military logistics & networks in #Sudan🇸🇩 to reconstruct how the #RSF overtook the #SAF on the ground - and how Wagner & UAE supplied this war. Summary🧵below giga-hamburg.de/en/publication… @GIGA_Institute

NEW PUBLICATION! I analyzed 10 months of combat locations, weapons transfers, military logistics & networks in #Sudan🇸🇩 to reconstruct how the #RSF overtook the #SAF on the ground - and how Wagner & UAE supplied this war. Summary🧵below giga-hamburg.de/en/publication… @GIGA_Institute

NEW PUBLICATION! I analyzed 10 months of combat locations, weapons transfers, military logistics & networks in #Sudan🇸🇩 to reconstruct how the #RSF overtook the #SAF on the ground - and how Wagner & UAE supplied this war. Summary🧵below giga-hamburg.de/en/publication… @GIGA_Institute

