Luis Weinert A New Challenge for the DRC·Sub-Saharan AfricaNew
Sienna Leesberg How effective have the EU’s Sanctions against Russia really been ·EuropeNew
Alperen Celik NATO Summit in Ankara·International Relations & DiplomacyNew
Marlene Heine Selling War: Russia’s Strategy of Deathonomics·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Alperen Celik Art of Diplomacy·International Relations & DiplomacyNew
Anne Most Eurosatory 2026·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Maximilian Strobel European Defence and Security Summit Report·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Marco Tauro Bringing Youth to the Table, with Eliane Trabulo ·European Law & International InstitutionsNew
Kalum Rock Berlin Defense Tech Forum 2026·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Luis Weinert A New Challenge for the DRC·Sub-Saharan AfricaNew
Sienna Leesberg How effective have the EU’s Sanctions against Russia really been ·EuropeNew
Alperen Celik NATO Summit in Ankara·International Relations & DiplomacyNew
Marlene Heine Selling War: Russia’s Strategy of Deathonomics·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Alperen Celik Art of Diplomacy·International Relations & DiplomacyNew
Anne Most Eurosatory 2026·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Maximilian Strobel European Defence and Security Summit Report·Security Policy & DefenceNew
Marco Tauro Bringing Youth to the Table, with Eliane Trabulo ·European Law & International InstitutionsNew
Kalum Rock Berlin Defense Tech Forum 2026·Security Policy & Defence
A New Challenge for the DRC
How effective have the EU’s Sanctions against Russia really been
NATO Summit in Ankara22 AugEuropean Alpbach Forum
Selling War: Russia’s Strategy of DeathonomicsMon 17 Aug 2026
Art of Diplomacy
Eurosatory 202627 AugInternational Conference on Humanitarian Aid and Service
European Defence and Security Summit ReportMon 17 Aug 2026
Bringing Youth to the Table, with Eliane Trabulo 31 AugSpace Policy
Berlin Defense Tech Forum 2026
A New Challenge for the DRC
How effective have the EU’s Sanctions against Russia really been
NATO Summit in Ankara22 AugEuropean Alpbach Forum
Selling War: Russia’s Strategy of DeathonomicsMon 17 Aug 2026
Art of Diplomacy
Eurosatory 202627 AugInternational Conference on Humanitarian Aid and Service
European Defence and Security Summit ReportMon 17 Aug 2026
Bringing Youth to the Table, with Eliane Trabulo 31 AugSpace Policy
Berlin Defense Tech Forum 2026
Master of Science (MS) · University of Amsterdam
Luis is a German student of International Relations and Organisations at Leiden University, currently preparing his bachelor project on democratic erosion and resilience. His academic interests focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, especially sustainable development, aid politics, and democratization. Having lived in Mozambique and South Africa, he maintains a particular policy focus on these countries.
Geographic vulnerabilities, a fragile healthcare infrastructure, community resistance, and a rapidly spreading viral strain with no previously approved countermeasures mean the crisis threatens to eclipse the devastation of past epidemics.

Why has Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province become the centre of a violent Islamist insurgency, and what factors are shaping the conflict? The insurgency grew out of deep local grievances – inequality, marginalisation, lack of governance, and resource exclusion – which the Mozambican state has fa…

1.What are the strategic interests of key actors in the DRC? 2. To understand the regional dimensions of the conflict in the DRC, it is important to examine the interests of countries beyond just Rwanda. 3. The conflict is highly complex and multidimensional, resisting simplistic narratives of…
