Development partners. The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: The Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

Jan 16, 2025 · ISS Africa organisation which enhances human security by providing authoritative research, expert policy advice and capacity building.

1 day ago · For the past three decades, Beijing has started the year by sending its foreign minister to Africa, signalling Chinese commitment to the region. But China faces rising competition; increasingly, other anti-democratic powers are eyeing economic, political and military partnerships in Africa. With ...

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) African Futures and Innovation (AFI) programme provides integrated forecasts of Africa’s development prospects and potential.

Jan 21, 2025 · The Current Path on this website represents the default forecast for African countries' development, using the International Futures (IFs) forecasting platform hosted and developed by the Frederick S Pardee Institute for International Futures at the University of Denver, United States. For details about IFs, visit the About page.. The Current Path is based on recent conditions and policy ...

Feb 7, 2023 · Charting Africa’s blue future: youth inclusion as a catalyst for peace and development. Empowering Africa’s vast youth population in the blue economy can help the continent achieve economic stability and development.

Jan 21, 2025 · Summary This theme starts with an overview of recent dynamics in power and influence, using trends in Gross Domestic Product per Capita (GDPPC), and then three separate indices of power and influence to understand the likely future evolution of a business-as-usual forecast (Current Path). The analysis points to incremental improvements in Africa's material power, at odds with the continent's ...

Aug 30, 2022 · Across all three votes, the Western European grouping (which includes the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and Israel) maintained an extraordinarily high level of unity in opposing the invasion and supporting all three resolutions.

Dec 30, 2024 · Summary We begin this theme by discussing the critical role of energy in human development and provide a brief history of energy production and demand. We then provide a concise overview of the current energy landscape, globally and for Africa.. Next, we analyse the likely energy supply and demand forecast to 2050 and sometimes 2063. We differentiate between six energy types: oil, gas, coal ...

6 days ago · These substantial contributions are an important boost for Africa’s stabilisation efforts. They will help the AU cover the 25% contribution required by the United Nations (UN) Security Council for joint UN-AU peace support operations, and help deliver African solutions to African problems.. Increased private donations are also a significant step towards achieving the citizen-driven entity ...