The division's work is focused on social and political transformation, domestic and regional conflicts, as well as questions relating to external and security policies in Africa and the Middle East.
BackThe division's work is focused on social and political transformation, domestic and regional conflicts, as well as questions relating to external and security policies in Africa and the Middle East.
In particular, its work concentrates on:
societal and political change and its implications for regional stability
domestic and regional conflicts
regional cooperation, competition and shifts in regional balances of power
socio-political polarization in the Near / Middle East, the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes Region
power-sharing arrangements as instruments of conflict management (for instance in Iraq, Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, the DR Congo, etc.)
Jihadism as a transnational phenomenon and its social, political and security implications
German and European policies towards the sub-regions