حديث الثلاثاء : حلقة خاصة - كيف يمكن تحقيق استدامة تقوية الدول في سياقات ما بعد النزاع؟

July 18, 2023

في ضوء المؤتمر السنوي للسلم والأمن بإفريقيا حول إعادة الإعمار بعد الصراع في أفريقيا

عرفت السنوات الأخيرة اضطرابات جيوسياسية واقتصادية على المستوى العالمي. ومع تزايد زخم الأحداث، دخل العالم فترة تحول جيوسياسي واقتصادي تعلن نهاية دورة تاريخية وتُنبِّؤ بآفاق غير مؤكدة لدورة جديدة. وعليه، فإننا أمام تغير عالمي حقيقي ينطوي على نقاط ضغط متعددة وقوىً دافعة التي من المرجح أن تتأثر بها القارة الإفريقية بدرجات متفاوتة، حيث إنها اتبعت على مر العقدين الماضيين عملية تنويع في الشراكات الاقتصادية والسياسية والعسكرية على مستوى الدولة والمؤسسات، سواء على الصعيدين القاري أو الإقليمي خاصة في إطار إعادة الإعمار بعد الصراع. والحال أن الأوضاع الاقتصادية العالمية إلى جانب التحديات البنيوية لإفريقيا يفاقمان من التوجهات الأساسية ذات النتائج الجيوسياسية الحتمية. فكيف تتحدّد معالم مشهد ما بعد الصراع في كل دولة بالنظر إلى التحالفات والتنافسات التي تنطوي عليها النزاعات في أفريقيا علما أن هذه العلاقات المتداخلة قد تقدّم منظورًا متعدّد الأبعاد يمكن من خلاله فهم العلاقة القائمة بين إعادة الإعمار بعد الحرب وموازين القوى الإقليمية؟ إلى أي حد تقترن عملية الإعمار بعد الصراع بالعملية السياسية التي تتيح إعادة توزيع الخسائر والأرباح في إطار الاصلاحات؟ ثم كيف يمكن قراءة التحالفات والشركات الجديدة في القارة في ظل الواقع الإقليمي والدولي الراهن حيث لا يمكن إطلاق أي عملية سياسية أو تحقيق استدامتها من دون انخراط دول خارجية وجهات غير تابعة للدولة، بشكل مباشر من خلال الوساطة والتحكيم مثلًا، أو بشكل غير مباشر، من خلال حلفائها أو وكلائها المحليين؟

Speakers
Akram Zaoui
Chargé de Mission to the Executive President
Akram Zaoui is a Senior International Relations Specialist and Chargé de Mission to the Executive President at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS). Prior to this, he was Manager of Research Support and the Public Policy Lab at the PCNS. His main area of interest is the geopolitical economy of the Extended Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. From 2018 to 2020, Zaoui was the coordinator of a network of 70+ civil society organizations (CSOs) across France, working with foundations, government, local communities, and the private sector. Zaoui holds a dual degree in corporate and public management from HEC Paris and Sciences Po, as well as a bachelor's degree (licence) in history from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He audited courses in Iranian and Shia Stud ...
Imane Lahrich
Head – Research Valorization
Imane Lahrich is the Head of Research Valorization Department, having previously served as a Partnerships & Research Support Officer at the Policy Center for the New South since 2019. She mainly worked on security-development related projects. She has experience as a Project Manager in a Strategic Intelligence firm (2017-2019) and as a research consultant in the MENA region, focusing on international development and the Rule of Law. Imane Lahrich holds a Master's in Political Studies and a Bachelor's in Political Science from Mohammed V University of Rabat. She also participated in a one-year exchange program at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic under the EMMAG MUNDUS Excellence scholarship.     ...

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