Presentation of the Valdai Paper ‘The Sahara-Sahel Region: In Search of a New Security Architecture Amid the Collapse of the Neo-Colonial System’. Speakers

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

Speakers:

Gashaw Ayferam, Director General for African Affairs Research at the Institute of Foreign Affairs
Aleksei Chikhachev, Associate Professor at the Department of European Studies, School of International Relations of Saint Petersburg State University, Leading Expert at the Center for Strategic Studies, Institute of Foreign Economic Relations, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Maria Kalinovskaya, Deputy Director of the Department of Partnership with Africa of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Alena Lisenkova, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University
Mateo Rojas Samper, PhD student, MGIMO University
Lassina Zerbo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2021–2022)

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Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club

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

18.06.2026 12:00

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