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Selected Presentations 

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Invited Lectures 

  • Feb 2022 

Africa’s Security Challenges in the Era of COVID. Canadian Forces College, Toronto. 

  • Nov 2021                                    

Examining Challenges and Opportunities for Collaboration on Governance, Peace, and Security in Africa.The African Member States Technical Experts Retreat, organized by ISS, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

  • Oct 2021                                    

Security Dynamics in Africa. Canadian Forces College, Toronto. This presentation was made to over 100 middle-level military officers and civilians from around the world.

  • Oct 2021                                    

Merging African Union Peace and Political Affairs. European Center for Development Policy Management and Institute for Security Studies. This was a roundtable for senior policymakers working on AU peace and governance issues.

  • Oct 2021                                    

Can Africa Succeed as a Continent Without Taking International Relations Seriously? Roundtable discussion on African IR, Collective for Renewal of Africa (CORA).

  • Sep 2021                                    

Is The African Union Becoming More Effective? Paper presented to senior policymakers.

  • Aug 2021                                  

Expert roundtable – UN and AU Institutional Reforms Confirmation. Roundtable organized by ISS.

  • Nov 2020                                    

Options for Canadian Peace Operations in Africa. Canadian Forces College, Toronto. This lecture was given to senior military and security personnel from over 23 countries.

  • Dec 2019          

Why Writing Matters: Overcoming Common Problems in Doctoral Dissertation Writing. This presentation was addressed to Doctoral Candidates selected from 15 African universities. This mentorship workshop was organized by the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) Next Generation of African Scholars Program (NEXTGEN) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  

 

  • Nov 2019                                     

Options for Canadian Peace Operations in Africa. Canadian Forces College, Toronto.

 

  • Oct 2019                                     

People Who Run Africa: Staffing and Recruitment in the African Union Commission. SciencesPo, Paris.

  • Jun 2019                                     

Africa’s Insecurities: Canadian Foreign Policy Options. Canadian Forces College, Toronto. 

  • Nov 2015                                     

You Cannot Bomb Your Way Out of Terror Attacks. Presentation at International Security Forum organized by French Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, Dakar.

  • Oct 2015                                     

The Value of Contextualizing Your Proposed Research in the Literature. Presentation at a Workshop for West African Peacebuilding Researchers organized by Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, and the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the American Social Science Research Council, Accra.

  • Dec 2014                                     

Exploring African Security Challenges. Canadian Forces College, Toronto.  

  • Nov 2013                                     

Regional Security Innovations in Africa. Canadian Forces College, Toronto.  

  • Jan 2014                                     

The African Insecurity Landscape. Canadian Forces College, Toronto.  

  • Nov 2013                                     

Regional Security Innovations in Africa. Canadian Forces College, Toronto.  

  • Oct 2013                                     

The Role of Per Diem in Peace Mediation. African Union Retreat of Special Envoys and Mediators, Abidjan.

  • Nov 2012                                     

Ten years of African Union promotion of peace and security in Africa. African Union Retreat of Special Envoys and Mediators, Cairo.            

  • Apr 2012                                     

African Union and South Africa. Swedish International Development Agency, Swedish Defense Research Agency, and Nordic Africa Institute, Stockholm.

  • Apr 2012                                     

Marriage of Convenience: United Nations-African Union Security Cooperation. Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University, Ithaca.

  • Mar 2012                                    

Regional Security Innovations in Africa. Basille School of International Affairs, Waterloo.

  • Dec 2011                                     

Governing Southern Sudan: Challenges Facing the World’s Newest Country. Chinua Achebe Colloquium, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island.

  • Nov 2011                                       

Perks Diplomacy: International Negotiation as a Business. Queen’s University, Kingston.  

  • Apr 2011                                     

Lessons learned from mediation by an African regional organization. Paper presented at a seminar organized by the British International Studies Association/International Studies Association Africa Working Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham.

  • Mar 2011                                    

New Rules for African Politics. Paper presented at a seminar organized by King’s University College Political Science Club, King’s University College in the University of Western Ontario, Ontario.

  • Feb 2011                                     

Good, bad, and ugly news about Southern Sudan’s independence. Paper presented at a seminar organized by the International Services and Programs Abroad, Brock University, St. Catharine’s. 

  • Dec 2010                                     

Making sense of new African politics. Paper presented at the Department of International Studies, Marymount College, New York. 

  • Nov 2010                                     

Rules for Africa’s International Relations. Paper presented at the Department of International Relations, Boston University, Boston.   

  • Nov 2009                                     

Aid Paradox: Why Turning off the Aid Tap Won't Work. Paper presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for African Development at Cornel University, Ithaca.

  • Oct 2009                                     

Solidarity Intervention: Emerging Trends in African Union’s Involvement in crisis. Paper presented at a seminar organized by the British International Studies Association/International Studies Association African Working Group and Chatham House, London.

  • May 2008                                    

Closing Gaps: AU democracy promotion in Post-Conflict States in Africa. Paper presented at a seminar organized by the Departments of African American Studies and Political Science in the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Conferences

  • Mar 2022                                    

Centering African Voices and Theories in IR. Roundtable Discussions at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association. 

  • Mar 2022                                    

Informal Diplomacy as Communities of Practice. Paper presented at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association. 

  • Mar 2022                                    

The Challenges of Achieving Global IR, two linked roundtables: 1. “What is Global IR?” Roundtable Discussions at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association.

  • Mar 2022                                    

Theory Distinguished Scholar Roundtable Honoring Arlene B. Tickner. Distinguished Scholar Panel at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association.

  • Nov 2021                                     

Capacities, Competences, and Sovereign Duties (CCSD) of Post-Colonial African States in Global Governance. EUI Workshop on the State and Global Governance, Florence.

  • Apr 2021                                     

Informal International Politics (IIP): Setting A Research Agenda. Paper presented at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association. 

  • Apr 2021                                     

The African Union Commission: Shaping the Dynamics of Integration in Africa? Paper presented at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association. 

  • Apr 2021                                     

Informality in World Politics: Global and regional governance/ Across subdisciplines? Roundtable Discussions at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association.

  • Apr 2021                                     

The Legon School of IR. Paper presented at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association.

  • Apr 2021                                     

More/Less ‘New Regionalisms’ Roundtable Discussions at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association. 

  • Feb 2021                                     

Explaining APSA from the Perspective of Informal International Practices. Paper prepared for presentation at the AFNSIR-2021 Conference at the RUDN University, Moscow.

  • Nov 2020                                     

African, Decolonial, Global IR Movements, and Kwame Nkrumah. Presentation at the 63rd Annual Meeting of ASA. 

  • Mar 2020                                    

Informal International Relations. Paper presented at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association.

  • Mar 2020                                    

The African Union Commission: Shaping the Dynamics of Integration in Africa? Paper presented at The Annual Convention of International Studies Association with J. Trondal, & S. Gänzle.

  • Oct 2019                                     

Informality and Global IR: Setting A Research Agenda. Millennium Conference, LSE, London.

  • Oct 2019                                     

Informal IR and African IR: Setting a Research Agenda. ASAA, United States International University, Nairobi.  

  • Aug 2019                                    

The African School of International Relations: A Research Agenda. International Studies Association Conference, Accra.

  • Aug 2019                                    

Punching Above Weight: How African Actors Exercise Agency in Global Affairs. International Studies Association Conference, Accra. 

  • Mar 2019                                    

A Century of International Relations: Reflections on the Origins, Exclusions, and Limitations of a Discipline. Roundtable presentation at the 60th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto.

  • Mar 2019                                    

The African Union Commission for the 21st Century: Shaping the Dynamics of Integration in Africa. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto.

  • Apr 2018                                     

Informal Turn in World Politics. Sapphire Series presentation at the 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco.

  • Apr 2018                                     

Not in Our Backyard: African Union and the Norm Against Mass Killings. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco.

  • Apr 2018                                     

The African Union Commission: A New Supranational Actor in International Affairs? Paper presented at the 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco.

  • Mar 2016                                    

Theorising African Union and United Nations cooperation in peace missions. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia.  

  • Mar 2016                                    

Driving up the Walls: Assessment of the performance of African Union in promoting democracy in a troubled region. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia.  

  • Jan 2015                                     

Do what I say or do what we say: The African Union and the United Nations relations. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Convention of International Studies Association-Global South Caucus, Singapore.

  • Mar 2014                                       

Theorizing AU’s Performance on Political Governance: Solidarity Politics View. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Toronto.

  • Mar 2014                                        

The Geopolitics of African Peace and Security Architecture. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Toronto.

  • Dec 2013                                        

African Perspective on Global Governance. Paper presented at Global Governance from Regional Perspectives, Florence.

  • Nov 2013                                       

The African Peace and Security Architecture. Paper presented at The Annual Association of African Studies, Baltimore.

  • Apr 2013                                     

Major African Powers and African Union. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, San Francisco.

  • Dec 2012                                     

The oversight Role of African Legislatures. Paper presented at North-South Institute, Ottawa. 

  • Nov 2012                                     

The Role of the African Union in Post-War Reconstruction. Paper presented at The Annual Association of African Studies, Philadelphia. 

  • Jul 2012                                      

Lessons Learned from Mediation by African Regional Organizations. International Political Science Association Annual Congress, Madrid.     

  • Apr 2012                                     

Regionalisms and Mediation in the Global Information Age. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Convention of International Studies Association, San Diego.

  • Mar 2011                                    

United States-Africa Relations in the Age of Obama. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Montréal.

  • Mar 2011                                    

The Role of Collectivist Worldview in International Relations Theory. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Montreal.

  • Sep 2010                                     

African Union Crisis Management in Africa: Lessons from Burundi. Paper presented at the SGIR 7th Pan-European Conference on IR, Stockholm.

  • Jun 2010                                     

The AU Commission: A New Supranational Actor? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Canadian Political Science Association, Montréal.

  • Jun 2010                                     

Theorizing African International Relations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Montréal.

  • Jan 2010                                     

Following the Crowd: United States of America Counterterrorism Operations in Africa. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), New Orleans.

  • Feb 2009                                     

Solidarity Politics and the Responsibility to Protect. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of International Studies Association, New York. 

  • Feb 2009                                     

The Selection of the Norm of Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of International Studies Association, New York with C. Badescu.

  • May 2009                                    

Mediating African Crisis: Lessons from Burundi. Paper presented at a seminar for AU mediators organized by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue/African Union, Addis Ababa.

  • Jun 2008                                     

Multilateralization of Democracy Promotion in Africa. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Canadian Political Science Association, Vancouver. 

  • Mar 2008                                    

The Challenge of Africa’s Embedded Personhood to Global Studies. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of International Studies Association, San Francisco.

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