Adam Sandor
@adamsandor.bsky.social
Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
See my latest on US intelligence collection in Africa in the 1970s, and the limits of HUMINT. nathanielkpowell.substack.com/p/on-the-lim...
On the Limits of HUMINT and Political Intelligence
In an earlier post, I noted that by the mid-1980s, the CIA only had a dedicated staff of some 30 analysts to cover all of Sub-Saharan Africa, located in its Office of African and Latin American Analys...
nathanielkpowell.substack.com
On AI, Trust and American Civil Military Relations 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A “journey to trust” for AI: Civil–military relations and epistemic authority in American socio-technical imaginaries of artificial intelligence
The adoption of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) by the militaries of liberal democratic states has the potential to alter civil–military relations. In Samuel Huntington’s influential dis...
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Ok - finally a really great, subject-oriented, down to earth analysis of living in a setting of insurgency and counter-insurgency, informed by FIELDWORK!!! Absolutely can't wait to dig into this article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The scars of ambiguity: Terrorism, disappearance, and the search for life in contemporary Africa | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
The scars of ambiguity: Terrorism, disappearance, and the search for life in contemporary Africa
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"#Utah is like a power-wash machine for looks, culture and personality." - My 16 year-old daughter.
This looks like a good position. But can we really trust that getting hired ANYWHERE in the UK higher education sector is a safe bet? Notably for people not already based in the UK!
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last mo.Our host institution (@kent.ac.uk) is hiring a permanent Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis. Please share to your networks! jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Now let me tell you all about the thousands of students, employees, business owners, and government officials from Africa that are denied visas to Europe and the US..[checks notes]..every single day. #Artan
Fantastic !!
Bibliostoriae@bibliostoriae.bsky.social · 2mo agoSoutenance de thèse de Pape Mamadou Sarr " Gouverner l'armée au Sénégal : une histoire politique de la formation d'une institution républicaine (1958-1988) " Sous la direction de Anne Hugon & Severine Awenengo Dalberto #IMAF 🗓️ Le 27/06, 9h30 au centre Panthéon @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social salle 6
Agnès Faivre: journaliste la plus méticuleuse, la plus carrée, la plus obsessionnelle au sujet de la vérification des faits, la plus minutieuse dans l'écriture qu'il m'ait été donné de rencontrer
[Média] «Au Mali, la spirale mortifère de l’'économie de la suspicion'». Une chronique de Bokar Sangaré, Doctorant à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale), à Libération. www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
Au Mali, la spirale mortifère de l’«économie de la suspicion»
Les scènes de lynchage consécutifs aux offensives simultanées des jihadistes et des indépendantistes, le 25 avril, éclairent une suspicion généralisée et une implication croissante des civils dans l’a...
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#Mali : "Dans certaines familles, un fils au #FLA, un autre au #Jnim". De quoi l'alliance entre rebelles et jihadistes est-elle le nom ? 👉 tamamedia.com/article/mali...
I get a lot of my news on Utah from @darinself.com since I'm based in Germany. What's the deal with this Data Centre in Box Elder County?
Just another day under Burkina Faso's military dictatorship. Recent critical comments against a regime's decision made by Baguian led to his arrest. He later died in detention. His father was banned from retrieving his body
Editors are not lying when they tell you how challenging it is to find reviewers to evaluate journal submissions. I'm helping co-edit a Special Issue right now and between people not accepting to review, and those that simply do not respond to the email invites, it's truly a struggle!
Oh, the whole story was made up by Malian authorities, says RFI. Not sure we should be surprised
Militaires maliens prétendument détenus en Mauritanie : récit d'une fausse évasion - RFI
Après de vifs échanges par communiqués interposés, Bamako et Nouakchott déclarent désormais vouloir « renforcer » leur « coopération bilatérale ». La tension semble donc retomber. La Mauritanie a même…
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Helpful analysis from Emadeddin Badi for ISPI: Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...
Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan | ISPI
Cross-border supply corridors linking Libya and Sudan have become the backbone of the RSF’s war endurance.
ispionline.it
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
Just @marie-joellez.bsky.social being awesome on TV.
CÉRIUM@cerium-udem.bsky.social · 5mo ago📺 Notre chercheuse @marie-joellez.bsky.social était à @tlmep.bsky.social hier soir sur la guerre israélo-américaine en Iran, en compagnie de @thomasjuneau.bsky.social. Voir l’entrevue intégrale : ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/tout-le... @fasudem.bsky.social @umontreal.ca @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social
Completed an article review. The prose was weird. I checked 1 of the first in-text citations in the Biblio. It was for a high-ranking journal where I know its published content on the Sahel. Sure enough - the article doesn't exist. I found 4 more references that do not exist. Fuck AI.
"Canada cannot endorse the unilateral & illegal use of military force, the killing of civilians or the kidnap & assassination of foreign heads of gov't while also insisting that our sovereignty, our rights and our independence must be respected." @wgreaves.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Liberal MP criticizes Mark Carney’s support for U.S. attack on Iran
Victoria MP Will Greaves said Canada "cannot endorse the unilateral and illegal use of military force" while insisting its own sovereignty must be respected.
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Not Colossus - I think he mispronounced it. It was supposed to be colossal... as in colossal idiot.... colossal warmonger.... colossal adulterer.... colossal threat.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoBARTIROMO: Patriotism is spreading. You announced your Pledge America Campaign, encouraging broadcasters to air more pro-America content, such as starting each day with the Pledge of Allegiance CARR: We're in the midst of a great revival. President Trump is truly the political colossus of our time
Call for PhD in Human Rights, Global Politics and International Studies at @SantAnnaPisa (with a new track in IR) Deadline May 15, 2026 www.santannapisa.it/it/training/...
Don't travel to the USA - that is the best tip and trick I can give at this point in time.
International Studies Association@isanet.bsky.social · 6mo agoHelp your colleagues get the most out of #ISA2026 by sharing your best tips and tricks for first-time attendees below! Let’s make this convention unforgettable for all! buff.ly/Cvjbuva
So.... anyone else taking bets on whether or not the US mid-term elections happen this year?
ABSOLUTELY
Blavatnik School of Government@blavatnikschool.bsky.social · 6mo agoProfessor @janinadill.bsky.social spoke on the Foreign Affairs Committee today about lessons from the Trump administration’s approach to Venezuela, emphasising the consequences when states do not stand up for international law. Listen from 11:37:41 👇 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
It hasn't been since 2003 when Jean Chrétien announced that Canada wouldn't be invading Iraq with the US that I've felt so proud to be Canadian. Thanks for reminding me, PM Mark Carney.
