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The Risks and Rewards of New World Reorder for Africa

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9:00 am February 2020

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27
3:00 pm February 2020

Our Senior Fellow, Abdelhak Bassou has been invited by Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania to speak at a panel on the risks and rewards of a new world Reorder of Africa, at the Opening Session on Day II of the Africa Think Tank Summit on February 27, 2020, taking place in Capte Town, South Africa.

The panel will explore the turbulence and transitions in Africa and around the world that is designed to provide regional and national perspectives on key policy issues and the strategic and operational challenges facing think tanks.

Along other prominent think tank representatives : Abraham AWOLICH, Managing Director, The Sudd Institute (South Sudan) ; Neuma GROBBELAAR - Foreign Policy and Development Expert, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)  and Jon STEVER – Chief Executive Officer, Innovation for Policy Foundation (Rwanda), Abdelhak Bassou will answer the following issues as the discussion will be chaired by  Jitendra ROYCHOUDHURY - Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) (Saudi Arabia) :

How can governments in the region and other actors create a more effective role in strengthening cooperation and reducing regional tensions? What are the prospects for forming a regional security architecture that can manage issues such as economic growth and development, territorial disputes, strategic stability, and nontraditional security challenges? This panel will explore the impact of these challenges to the security and prosperity of the African region.

Speakers
Abdelhak Bassou
Senior Fellow
Abdelhak Bassou is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Bassou has had an extensive career in Moroccan National Security, where he served in various capacities including as head of the border division from 1978 to 1993. He was the former director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998 and served as Head of Regional Security (Errachidia 1999-2003, Sidi Kacem 2003-2005) and as Central Director of General Intelligence from 2006 to 2009.   He holds a master's degree in political science and international studies from the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences in Rabat. His academic research delves into inte ...