Official account of the International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK). A professional body for International Relations practitioners, scholars and students.

Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2020
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As #geopolitical competition intensifies, alliances shift and new #security, technological and economic challenges reshape the international system, #Africa cannot afford to approach the future through reactive diplomacy. At the #GrandStrategyFellowship Forum 2026, Dr. Kizito Sabala, PhD, Chairperson of the @IntRelationsKe & Senior Lecturer at the @uonbi Institute of #Diplomacy and International Studies, will set the agenda for the Global Security & Foreign Policy Leadership (GSFPL) track. The discussion will examine the capabilities required to navigate the emerging geopolitical order from #geopolitical analysis and strategic foresight to negotiation, economic diplomacy, technological governance, strategic communication and crisis management. Register to attend: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“† 29th October, 2026 โฑ๏ธ2:30 PM โ€“ 8:00 PM EAT ๐Ÿ“Serena Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
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We hosted an insightful fireside conversation exploring Rwandaโ€™s journey of survival, forgiveness, reconciliation, and national rebuilding. The discussion featured Josiane Umulinga, author of Survived to Forgive, in conversation with Dr. Winnie Rugutt, Head of International Relations and Diplomacy. The event also featured a keynote address by the Ambassador of Rwanda to Kenya, highlighting Rwandaโ€™s experience in national healing and post-conflict reconstruction. Organised by the International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK), through the Nairobi International Book Club, in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and Riara University, the engagement offered valuable reflections on the power of forgiveness, resilience, and the pursuit of lasting peace. #NurturingInnovators #FutureReady
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Yesterday at Riara University Library: a Special Public Edition of the Nairobi International Book Club with Josiane Umulinga, author of Survived to Forgive, together with IRSK and Riara University. #NeverAgain #KASKenya
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๐ŸŒ๐ŸคJoin the Unicaf - International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK) joint webinar: ๐Ÿ’ก"The Tech Diplomacy Nexus: Navigating Digital Disruption, Skills & Careers for IR Professionals". ๐Ÿ“…October 8 โฐ2:00 โ€“ 4:00 PM EAT ๐Ÿ”— Register Now: link.unicaf.org/4iXiEYt #Unicaf
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A visit at @SafaricomPLC to better understand the role of technology and innovation in Kenyaโ€™s ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Economic transformation as young diplomats shaping Kenyaโ€™s Foreign Policy. #DigitalDiplomacy #EconomicCooperation #RegionalIntegration @IntRelationsKe
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Call for Registration ๐Ÿ“ข COMESA, in collab w/ @IntRelationsKe, invites you to the 4th Annual COMESA-IRSK Conference. The Conference explores how Africa's institutions can advance peace, resilience & devโ€™t in an increasingly fractured world Register now events.gig.co.ke/event/gev_2โ€ฆ
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One week in Berlin! Multiple high-level policy forums. A lasting foundation for global youth diplomacy. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช The Young Diplomat Fellows (YDF) delegation to Germany has wrapped up! Hereโ€™s a quick recap of the key exchanges from the KAS Dialogue Programme ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡
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Weโ€™re pleased to return for the 2026 IRSK Annual Conference, joining partners in discussions on strengthening Africaโ€™s regional and continental institutions to drive peace, resilience, and transformation in a changing global landscape.
๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—”โ€“๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ž ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ We are pleased to announce that the ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—”-๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ž ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น Conference will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, under the theme: "๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–'๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™š, ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ž๐™™ ๐™– ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™Š๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง." ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: Africa is navigating a rapidly changing global environment shaped by geopolitical rivalry, weakening multilateralism, protracted conflicts, climate stress, technological disruption and economic fragmentation. Against this backdrop, ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: The Conference is jointly organised by ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ž, ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ, ๐—”๐—–๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€: The conference will produce ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to strengthen Africa's institutional responses to contemporary challenges, with a particular focus on ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜. ๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: 11โ€“13 November 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya ๐Ÿ“ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Nairobi, Kenya ๐Ÿ”— ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: [email protected] ๐ŸŒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: irskenya.or.ke | comesa.int #COMESAIRSK2026 #IRSK2026 #AfricanAgency #RegionalIntegration #Diplomacy #PeaceAndSecurity #AfricanResilience #AfCFTA #GlobalGovernance #Africa
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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช A day of dialogue, diplomacy and leadership in Berlin. As part of the KAS Dialogue Programme: Young Leadersโ€™ Perspectives on Foreign Policy and Global Challenges, the delegation visited the KAS Academy, Konrad Adenauer Forum, Federal Foreign Office and Bundestag.
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Meet AWIDIAโ€™s new leadership. We warmly welcome @NimoJirdeh as Chairperson and @ibbysage as Deputy Chairperson as we continue building bridges, advancing womenโ€™s leadership and strengthening Africaโ€™s voice in diplomacy and international affairs @IntRelationsKe #WomenInDiplomacy
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The programme ended with participants pitching evidence-based policy solutions on major global issues. ๐Ÿ’ก We are proud to equip the next generation of diplomats with the tools to negotiate, influence decisions, and lead change. #YoungDiplomats #SummerSchool2026 #PolicyInAction
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From strategic negotiation to practical action! ๐ŸŒ Days 2 & 3 wrapped up our 2026 Summer School for Young Diplomats. Young leaders tackled policy labs, foreign policy decision-making, and data in peace & development, paired with team-building exercises.
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Honored to join fellow young diplomats in understanding the diplomatic landscape, building consensus, influencing decisions, policy analysis & strategic diplomatic action. Grateful to @IntRelationsKe & @KAS_Kenya for curating this space for learning, networking and mentorship.
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PRESS RELEASE ๐Ÿ“ฐ The 4th COMESA-IRSK Annual Conference to be convened in Nairobi ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช focusing on strengthening Africaโ€™s institutional architecture amid global fragmentation. For every interested media houses and bloggers!!! Nairobi, Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช - November 2026 @Egypt_Kadah
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Honoured to have participated in the 2026 Summer School for Young Diplomats as a Young Diplomat Fellow under the prestigious Young Diplomats Fellowship (YDF) programme by @IntRelationsKe and @KAS_Kenya
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How do we prepare tomorrowโ€™s diplomats for an increasingly fragmented world? ๐ŸŒ Highlights from the 2026 Summer School for Young Diplomats on bridging theory and practice, navigating multipolarity, and driving global cooperation. ๐Ÿค #YoungDiplomats #SummerSchool2026 #KASKenya
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The future of diplomacy is young, diverse &African. Thrilled to announce that Iโ€™ll be attending the 2026 Summer School for Young Diplomats Grateful for the opportunity to learn, network & contribute to Africaโ€™s diplomatic future with fellow Young Diplomats #YoungDiplomats โ€“ at Nairobi, Kenya
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Diplomacy is about building bridges, fostering dialogue, and shaping cooperation that creates lasting impact. Iโ€™m looking forward to joining fellow young diplomats at the 2026 Summer School for Young Diplomats in Naivasha. Will you be there? Register now: https:/.Summer school
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Our second bookclub meeting of the Nairobi International Bookclub was a great success! We engaged in critical and contemporary discussions on โ€œAdventures in Democracyโ€ by Erica Benner. ๐Ÿ“š
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hosting the second Nairobi International Book Club meeting, an initiative I launched earlier this year in partnership with @KAS_Kenya under the @IntRelationsKe. Discussed our book of the quarter, Adventures in Democracy by Erica Benner.
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