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Research papers, strategic essays, policy briefs and special reports — the intellectual foundation of our intelligence.

Latest Research · October 2026

New Publications

Tribune 1875 · Defence Nationale · 22 Oct 2026

Kill Them Wherever You Find Them: Strategic Implications of Jihadist Rhetoric

Les implications stratégiques d’une rhétorique djihadiste

Analysis of the Islamic State’s January 2024 global call — propaganda axes, lone-wolf targeting, campaign lineage (Breaking the Walls to Revenge of the Two Sheikhs), the African centre of gravity and the decentralised nine-branch franchise network.

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Onana Mfege, A. H. · Tribune 1875 · 5 pages (FR)

SSRN Preprint · SSRN 7571915 · Not Peer Reviewed

Emerging Technologies and Maritime Peacebuilding in Africa

Rethinking Security Architectures Beyond Conventional Maritime Threats

How AI, big data, unmanned systems and satellite-enabled domain awareness can move maritime security beyond threat-centric models — embedding innovation within APSA and PCRD for the blue economy and peacebuilding.

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Onana Mfege, A. H. · Africa Geopolitics & Strategies / PANGEA Intelligence · 21 pages

Tribune 1867 · Defence Nationale · 23 Sept 2026

Science: A New Golden Age

La science comme nouvelle architecture de la puissance americaine

Analysis of the OSTP (Kratsios, 21 July 2026) grand-strategy report — heir to Vannevar Bush (1945), from linear pipeline to hybrid ecosystem, AI as infrastructure (Genesis Mission), and permissionless innovation.

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Onana Mfege, A. H. · Tribune 1867 · 4 pages (FR)

Future of Warfare

Drone Forces Theory

When drones cease to be tools and become a force: doctrine, autonomy, mass and the offence–defence balance. Forthcoming flagship study.

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Africa Strategic Studies

Coups and the new Sahelian order

Legitimacy, patronage and the political economy of juntas after 2020–2023.

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Resource Geopolitics

Gold, uranium and leverage

How extractive rents are converted into diplomatic and military capital.

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Policy Brief

Gulf of Guinea maritime security

Piracy decline, energy restart, and what investors still misprice.

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Strategic Essay

The missile age and deterrence

Saturation, interception economics and escalation control.

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Geopolitical Perspectives

Fragmentation: a user's guide

Multipolarity, minilateralism and what fragmentation means for planning.

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