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Barkhane vs Mali : the Unsaid Tuareg Issue (II)

Barkhane Hijacking & Geopolitical French Failure

Author: Pascal Cohet 13 February 2022

Russian disinformation is often said to be based on the so-called Gerasimov Doctrine even though, according to some analysts, Russian hybrid warfare is more ...

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Barkhane vs Mali : the Unsaid Tuareg Issue (I)

Disparity Blindness & Divergence Crafting

Author: Pascal Cohet 11 February 2022

For years, France has failed to fittingly assess informational risk in Africa, from the Central African Republic to Mali. The spreading of access to social ...

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Frances Haugen : Whistleblower and Cybercolonial Trojan

States and Hosting Providers vs Big Tech Self-Regulation Risk

Author: Pascal Cohet 18 November 2021

Ex- Facebook employee, Frances Haugen is a whistleblower who tries to raise awareness of the risks generated by Big Tech policies, and she seems to be ...

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Facebook, Ethiopia and De Gaulle's 18 June Call

The dangerous powers of Big Tech in general, and Facebook in particular

Author: Pascal Cohet 08 November 2021

For the second time, a US Big Tech censored an African leader. After the censorship of the Nigerian President by Twitter, Facebook has just censored the ...

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How the Three Classes of Informational Risks Are Entangled in Africa

Disclosure, censorship, deception: Invasive limit, legitimacy diagonal, and diversity.

Author: Pascal Cohet 31 October 2021

As broadband internet access begins to take hold in Africa, this brings both opportunities and risks, which suggests paying attention to informational ...

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Facebook's Real Name Policy and the Taliban Crackdown

Banning pseudonimity endangers lives, notably in Africa

Author: Pascal Cohet 29 October 2021

Last summer, Joe Biden unilaterally ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, casting doubts on the ability of US intelligence to anticipate ...

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2030 Agenda and Deconflictualisation

The critical role of perception builders

Author: Pascal Cohet 29 October 2021

When implementing the UN 2030 agenda, the construction of perceptions and its builders, especially in the media, must be considered. This is what ...

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Big Tech vs Digital Sovereignties in Africa

Power over opinion, electoral interference, and undermining of African justice

Author: Pascal Cohet 28 October 2021

E.H. Carr considered three forms of political power in the international sphere: military power, economic power, and a third form, less often cited: power ...

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Health Pass and Strikes in French Hospitals in the Midst of the Pandemic

Now you know what Second-order Cindynics are for

Author: Pascal Cohet 08 August 2021

Strikes by healthcare workers were launched in France during the pandemic: this will long remain the best example of friction undermining the operational ...

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Exception, Amnesia, Norm

The silent construction of distrust in France since 9/11

Author: Pascal Cohet 30 July 2021

In times of crisis, it would be ideal for the public to trust the government. The debates on the bill relating to the pandemic management, which must among ...

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AFNIL Kills Authors' Pseudonymity in France and Africa

Global disclosure of self-publishers' identity threatens their security

Author: Pascal Cohet 13 July 2021

Pseudonymity ensures the security, in particular physical, of auhtors publishing books or posting on the internet. In France, the case of LGBT activist ...

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The Rwandan Pharmakon

The Failure of the Two-Pillar French Strategy in Rwanda

Author: Pascal Cohet 22 June 2021

While Vincent Duclert insists on French support, in particular military, for the government of Juvénal Habyarimana, Hubert Védrine recalls that French ...

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