Seminar: "The Big Five" - Which country will lead Africa in the next 25 years?

[Oprindeligt publiceret af Forsvarsakademiet]

Forsvarsakademiet inviterer til Afrika-seminaret:
 

"The Big Five" - Which country will lead Africa in the next 25 years?
 med Dr. Jakkie Cilliers fra det afrikanske Institute for Security Studies.

 
Tid: Torsdag den 2. juli 2015, kl. 14.00-16.00
Sted: “Kornloftet”, Forsvarets Bibliotekscenter, Kastellet 46, 2100 København Ø.

 
I Afrikas bestræbelser på at tage ansvar og det udvikling, fred og sikkerhed er spørgsmålet om regionalt lederskab et nøglepunkt. I en mere og mere multipolar verden bliver dele af Afrika mere og mere velstående. Men  vil det ændre Afrikas globale indflydelse? Og hvilke lande vil have det største magt-potentiale?

På dette seminar vil Dr. Jakkie Cilliers, som er direktør ved den afrikanske organisation Institute for Secuity Studies, diskutere den historiske fordeling af magt i Afrika og hvordan magten sandsynligvis vil flytte sig over de næste 25 år. Dr. Cilliers vil præsentere den nyeste forskning fra instituttet, som undersøger Afrika i en global magtkontekst og mulighederne i fremtiden for ”The Big Five”: Algeriet, Egypten, Etiopien, Nigeria og Sydafrika.

Tilmelding til seminaret skal ske senest den 30. juni 2015 til ifs-14@fak.dk
Spørgsmål relateret til seminaret kan rettes til Thomas Mandrup, Ph.d., ifs-14@fak.dk, tlf..: 22748390.
 

Om Dr. Jakkie Cilliers (på engelsk)
Dr Jacobus Kamfer (Jakkie) Cilliers is the Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies and Head of the African Futures and Innovation Section. He has a B. Mil (B.A.) from the University of Stellenbosch and a Hons. B.A., M.A. (cum laude) and DLitt et Phil from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Awards include the Bronze Medal from the South African Society for the Advancement of Science and the H Bradlow Research Bursary. He was born in Stellenbosch, South Africa on 16th April 1956. Dr Cilliers co-founded the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in 1990 and played an important role in the transformation of the South African armed forces and the institution of civilian control over the military in the period 1990 to 1996. At present most of Dr Cilliers` interests relate to the emerging security architecture in Africa as reflected in the developments under the banner of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union as well as issues around African long-term future. Dr Cilliers has presented numerous papers at conferences and seminars and published a number of books on various matters relating to peace and security in Africa and serves on the editorial boards of the African Security Review and the South African Journal of International Affairs. He is a regular commentator on local and international radio and television and has attended a large number of international conferences. He is an Extraordinary Professor in the Centre of Human Rights and the Department of Political Sciences, Faculty Humanities at the University of Pretoria. He also serves on the International Advisory Board of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in Switzerland, on the board of advisers of the Center on International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, New York and on the World Economic Forum`s Think Tank Leaders Forum.