{"id":5742,"date":"2025-04-11T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5742"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:36:36","slug":"twd-cited-by-norwegian-institute-of-international-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5742","title":{"rendered":"TWD Cited by Norwegian Institute of International Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5749\" style=\"width:233px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-724x1024.png 724w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-106x150.png 106w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-768x1087.png 768w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-560x792.png 560w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-260x368.png 260w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM-160x226.png 160w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.51.49\u202fPM.png 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>New York-<\/strong> I&#8217;m happy to share that my work in Mali for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ctc.westpoint.edu\/ctc-sentinel\/\">CTC Sentinel<\/a> was cited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nupi.no\/en\/\">Norwegian Institute of International Affairs <\/a>in Oslo. The paper entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/nupi.brage.unit.no\/nupi-xmlui\/bitstream\/handle\/11250\/2468085\/NUPI_rapport_Mali_Ba_B%C3%B8%C3%A5s.pdf?sequence=2\">Mali: A Political Economy Analysis<\/a> examines the historical roots of this vast west African nation-state&#8217;s cyclical bouts of instability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Mali has been in near constant crisis since early 2012 which sadly shows virtually no signs of letting up. The country is now ruled by an anti-democratic junta that is allied with its fellow military rulers in Niger and Burkina Faso to form the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20250410-west-african-bloc-raises-deep-concern-over-algeria-mali-dispute\">Alliance of Sahel States<\/a>. The name sounds innocuous enough as if to ordain some kind of legitimacy on these regimes despite all three having forcefully overthrown civilian governments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"132\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5755\" style=\"width:418px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1.png 722w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1-300x55.png 300w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1-150x27.png 150w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1-560x102.png 560w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1-260x48.png 260w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-3.52.35\u202fPM-1-160x29.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York- I&#8217;m happy to share that my work in Mali for the CTC Sentinel was cited by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in Oslo. 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