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Dr Sylvain N’Guessan
Specialist in Foresight, Defence and Security.
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Biography
Thinking about security from Africa
Dr Sylvain N’Guessan’s work focuses on strategic foresight and on defence and security issues, with particular attention to West Africa. [Doctoral discipline, thesis title, university and year to be completed]
His approach starts from an observation: African states and organisations largely rely on strategic analysis produced outside the continent, according to priorities that are not always their own. Founding the Institut de Stratégies Abidjan meant building a local capacity for analysis and training; founding the Strategic Reflection Circle “Abidjan” meant opening that reflection to public debate.
[Professional background, positions held, teaching and affiliations to be completed]
Areas of expertise
Strategic foresight
Scenario methods, analysis of long-term trends and disruptions, anticipatory monitoring.
Defence & security
Defence policy, human security, transnational threats and peace and security architecture.
Economic intelligence
Monitoring, protection of information assets and influence strategies for decision-makers.
African geopolitics
Regional balances of power and Côte d’Ivoire’s place in its strategic environment.
A word from the founder
“We live in an age where the unpredictable has become the norm. Coups, pandemics, energy shocks, disinformation campaigns: each of these crises caught out decision-makers who nonetheless had the signals needed to anticipate them.
Strategy is not a luxury reserved for great powers. It is the condition of our autonomy. Training our leaders in strategic thinking and offering our fellow citizens a space to reflect on world affairs means refusing to be subjected to history, and trying, modestly but resolutely, to take part in it.”
Talks & publications
[List of publications, lectures and media appearances to be provided]