Eric Tevoedjre earned his doctorate in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. His research concerns regional integration in Africa. He also leads a personal initiative, panafrica.fr, which provides guidance and support to members of the African diaspora considering relocation to the continent.
Eric Tevoedjre earned his doctorate in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. His research concerns regional integration in Africa. He also leads a personal initiative, panafrica.fr, which provides guidance and support to members of the African diaspora considering relocation to the continent.
Eric Tevoedjre earned his doctorate in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. His research concerns regional integration in Africa. He also leads a personal initiative, panafrica.fr, which provides guidance and support to members of the African diaspora considering relocation to the continent.
ECOWAS’ survival hinges less on crisis control than on building regional value chains. Nigeria’s shea nut export ban exposes risks—but also a chance to turn fragmentation into integration, jobs, and renewed regional relevance.
75 years after the Schuman Declaration, can Africa adopt its pragmatic model? A project-based path to integration could be ECOWAS’s key to jobs, resilience, and lasting peace.
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After joining ASEAN in 2025, Timor-Leste is leveraging sustainable, high-value tourism to boost soft power, diversify beyond oil, and cement its regional role—positioning itself as Southeast Asia’s next authentic frontier, not its next mass market.
How close is Cuba to collapse? Energy strangulation, fading allies, and Trump’s oil squeeze after Venezuela’s shift have left Havana isolated and rationing. For the first time in decades, the regime’s survival feels uncertain.
Madrid 2026 wasn’t diplomacy—it was redesign. Washington moves past Algeria’s veto politics, backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, and seeds a Tunis-Rabat axis built on energy sovereignty, phosphates, and geo-economic integration. The Maghreb’s balance is shifting.
