Visiting AP @uk_patterson. Interested in political instability, militaries, and human security.
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Jonathan Powell retweeted
#Niger 🇳🇪
🔴 Niamey les tirs continuent ... 🔥
Assaut sur le palais présidentiel à l'instant.
La télévision nationale coupé.
(12h13 GMT+1 )
🚨 NIGER | Communiqué du CNSP en réponse à la tentative de coup d’État en cours
Un groupe de soldats en rupture avec la discipline et le règlement militaire a entrepris de séquestrer certains de leurs camarades au sein de la base 101 de Niamey et d’effectuer des tirs sur certains sites sensibles de la capitale.
La prompte réaction des Forces de défense et de sécurité a permis de circonscrire ce mouvement et de reprendre progressivement le contrôle de ces sites.
La population est invitée à garder son calme et à vaquer librement à ses occupations.
Fait à Niamey, le 29 août 2026.
Signé :
Le ministre de la Défense nationale,
le général d’armée Salifou Moudi.
Jonathan Powell retweeted
Coup contagion? Inside rising power grabs in Africa nation.africa/africa/news/co…
The rapidly deteriorating situation in Guinea-Bissau echoes a long history of troubled elections. Salah Ben Hammou and I recently wrote about this with @TC_Africa
theconversation.com/guinea-b…
It is very important that we exchange Greenland looking like Africa for an Antarctica that is 24,000 miles across
So much to dissect here @SADC_News …
1. The coup leader who overthrew the SADC chair is welcome to attend
2. Congratulations extended to Her Excellency The Butcher of Tanzania
3. Extend thanks to another champion of election manipulation and repression for offering to host future meetings
Extraordinary indeed!
A new post with @ForeignPolicy on #Madagascar lays out why post-coup optimism can be short-lived and how protesters can still shape future politics.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06…
I wrote up some thoughts inspired by the recent events in Madagascar. Here, Salah Ben Hammou and I point to the disconnect between leaders being unpopular at home while being warmly embraced by the international community.
theconversation.com/madagasc…
Jonathan Powell retweeted
The last A-10 in the Air Force will make its final flight next year, 2 years earlier than expected trib.al/XoA5CWs
If the feds can fine airlines for their planes always being late they should be able to fine @SECNetwork for never being able to start live coverage on time
Jonathan Powell retweeted
We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr. John Stempel, who taught at the Patterson School from 1988 until 2013 and served as Director from 1993 until 2003. Dr. Stempel's influence on the Patterson School, its students, and the wider University community is immeasurable.
I wrote a little something on post-coup politics.
In short, more troubling than the military coups themselves is what happens next. In contrast to previous decades, soldiers no longer feel the need to even go through the motions of exiting politics.
theconversation.com/gabons-c…
Reminds me of the time I was getting “training” for online instruction (which was said to be equal in effectiveness to traditional) and the training was required to be done in person (to maximize effectiveness of the training).
The evidence that in-person instruction is more effective than online appears extremely consistent? Feels pretty unusual to see such consensus in social science
1. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
2. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
3. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/fu…
4. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
