The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture. Presentation of the Valdai Paper

Valdai Discussion Club Conference Hall, Tsvetnoy Boulevard 16/1, Moscow, Russia

On June 18, the Valdai Club presented a Valdai Paper titled “The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture Amid the Collapse of the Neo-Colonial System.”

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Sahara-Sahel Region: Multipolarity in Action and a New Pan-Africanism

On June 18, the Valdai Club’s Moscow venue hosted the presentation of Valdai Paper No. 128, The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture Amid the Collapse of the Neo-Colonial System. Moderating the discussion, Timofei Bordachev emphasised that, although the subject of the paper is not at the forefront of Russia’s foreign policy agenda, it is of great importance in the context of the development of the World Majority and the emergence of a multipolar world as a whole.

Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture Amid the Collapse of the Neo-Colonial System

Over the past decades, the Sahara-Sahel Region has been building its security architecture by primarily focusing and relying on pro-Western frameworks and approaches. This was largely attributable to the fact that even having put the decolonisation behind it, this part of the African continent remained under France’s tutelage and within its sphere of influence.

Aleksei Chikhachev, Alena Lisenkova, Mateo Rojas Samper

18.06.2026

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Valdai Club to Present Paper on the Search for a New Security Architecture in the Sahara-Sahel

On June 18 at 12:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will present a Valdai Paper titled “The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture Amid the Collapse of the Neo-Colonial System.”

09.06.2026

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18.06.2026

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09.06.2026

The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture. Presentation of the Valdai Paper

On June 18, the Valdai Club presented a Valdai Paper titled “The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture Amid the Collapse of the Neo-Colonial System.”