Giovanni Faleg

Giovanni Faleg joined the EUISS in July 2018. He is responsible for analysis and research on sub-Saharan Africa. He focuses on the drivers of state fragility in Africa and the EU’s engagement in the region, particularly conflict prevention and peacebuilding, the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and the integrated approach to conflicts and crises.

Before joining the EUISS, he worked at the World Bank (2014-2018) in the fragility, conflict and violence unit; at the Centre for European Policy Studies (2011-2018) and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (2013), focusing on the EU’s foreign and security policy.

Giovanni holds a PhD in European Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2014), with a thesis on the evolution of security cooperation in the EU through institutional learning. He is the author of The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy: Learning Communities in International Organizations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and More Union in European Defence (CEPS, 2015).

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16May 2022
The EU's civilian headquarters
Inside the control room of civilian crisis management
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Giovanni Faleg
With contributions from
Elisabetta Bellocchi, Carina Böttcher, Torsten M. Hoffmann, Ana E. Juncos, Birgit Loeser, Francisco Esteban Pérez, Tobias Pietz, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Mohamed Tabit
This Chaillot Paper charts the development of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) over the past 15 years, showing how the EU civilian HQ has adapted to cope with a growing demand for civilian CSDP deployments.
10March 2022
African spaces
The new geopolitical frontlines
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Giovanni Faleg
With contributions from
Eyob Balcha Gebremariam, Fergus Kell, Katariina Mustasilta, Luigi Narbone, Carlo Palleschi, Patryk Pawlak, Luca Raineri, Jeanne Ramier, Norman Sempijja, Alex Vines, Sean Woolfrey
Global powers are increasingly scrambling to project influence in Africa. This Chaillot Paper asks the question: what are the emerging spaces where power competition is taking place in the African continent?
03March 2022
Rising hybrid threats in Africa
Briefs
By
Giovanni Faleg, Nad’a Kovalčíková
This Brief seeks to explain why the EU should be alerted about the increase in hybrid threats in Africa and how they are becoming a critical security concern in an already fragile environment.
21January 2022
What if...not? The cost of assumptions
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Florence Gaub
With contributions from
Marie Brethous, Viola Fee Dreikhausen, Alice Ekman, Giovanni Faleg, Daniel Fiott, Florence Gaub, Nad’a Kovalčíková, Gustav Lindstrom, Patryk Pawlak, Yana Popkostova, Stanislav Secrieru
This Chaillot Paper focuses on untested and unverified assumptions about the future, and their impact on foresight.
02June 2021
Salafi-Jihadism in Africa
Briefs
Giovanni Faleg, Katariina Mustasilta
Violent extremism has become a growing threat in Africa. This new Brief analyses how Salafi-jihadism spreads across the continent and explores its potential future trajectories.
09March 2021
African Futures 2030
Free trade, peace and prosperity
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Giovanni Faleg
With contributions from
Paul M. Bisca, Edward K. Brown, Enrico Calandro, Jakkie Cilliers, Mesfin Gebremichael, Joachim Isacsson, Fergus Kell, Olivier Lavinal, Katariina Mustasilta, Luigi Narbone, Carlo Palleschi, Carlo Papa, Patryk Pawlak, Clara Portela, Melanie Robinson, Nicolò Sartori, Fabrizio Tassinari, Bernardo Venturi, Alex Vines, Sean Woolfrey
Among the multiple possible futures for Africa, this publication has selected a favourable one, leading to integration, peace and prosperity.
22January 2021
What if...not? The cost of inaction
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Florence Gaub
With contributions from
Alice Ekman, Giovanni Faleg, Daniel Fiott, Gustav Lindstrom, Katariina Mustasilta, Patryk Pawlak, Clara Portela, Sinikukka Saari, Stanislav Secrieru, Simona R. Soare, Nathalie Van Raemdonck
The 12 scenarios presented in this Chaillot Paper draw attention to the cost of inaction in a variety of areas, ranging from Russia to Africa, from cyberspace to environmental matters.
30June 2020
African Strategies
European and global approaches towards sub-Saharan Africa
Chaillot Papers
By
Giovanni Faleg, Carlo Palleschi
This Chaillot Paper analyses the evolution of EU member states’ strategies towards sub-Saharan Africa, as well as those of global actors, against the backdrop of systemic changes, including the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic. It seeks to identify the points of convergence – and divergence – in member states’ strategies, and examines how a coherent, joint EU strategy can be achieved.
31March 2020
Russia's forays into sub-Saharan Africa
Briefs
By
Giovanni Faleg, Stanislav Secrieru
Russia is mounting a remarkable political comeback in sub-Saharan Africa through a ‘low costs, high returns and visibility’ approach. Can a coherent strategy be discerned behind this push? And how is sub-Saharan Africa reacting to Russia’s overtures and what does it mean for the EU?
31March 2020
The CSDP in 2020
The EU’s legacy and ambition in security and defence
Books
Edited by
Daniel Fiott
With contributions from
Pedro Serrano, Claudia Major, Christian Mölling, Dick Zandee, Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Ana E. Juncos, Gustav Lindstrom, Roderick Parkes, Jean-Pierre Maulny, Giovanni Faleg
This book provides an analytical overview of the key historical CSDP developments and critically appraises the last two decades. A host of leading think tank analysts and a senior EU official look at issues such as institutional design, operations and missions, capabilities, industry and civilian crisis management.

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14September 2022
Giovanni Faleg speaks at IISS Webinar on Sub-Saharan Africa Risk Outlook
On 14 September, Giovanni Faleg spoke at the Webinar “Sub-Saharan Africa Risk Outlook: Internationalisation of protracted conflicts and faltering responses” organized by the International Institute for Security Studies (IISS).
25May 2022
Countering information manipulation in CSDP
On 25 May, the EUISS and the French Presidency of the EU, with the support of the European External Action Service, organised a roundtable on “Countering Information Manipulation in CSDP”.
24May 2022
EUISS at high level event on civilian CSDP
On 24 May, the EUISS celebrated 15 years of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) with the European External Action Service at the High-Level Conference “Shaping the future of Civilian CSDP”.
23May 2022
EUISS at the Stockholm Forum
The Institute participated to the 2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development. Together with the United State Institute for Peace, and the Peace in our Cities network, we organised a roundtable on urbanisation, fragility, violence and climate change.
12May 2022
Geopolitics of African Oceans
On 12 May, the EUISS and the Africa Working Party of the Council of the EU (COAFR) held their seventeenth meeting to discuss the new geopolitical frontlines in Africa.
12May 2022
Twitter Space on geopolitical frontlines in Africa
On 12 May 2022, the Institute held its first Twitter Space, discussing geopolitical frontlines in Africa, a topic covered in our African Spaces Chaillot Paper.
23March 2022
Rising hybrid threats in Africa
On 23 March, the EUISS and the European Council’s Working Party on Africa (COAFR) held their sixteenth meeting to discuss the rise of hybrid threats in sub-Saharan Africa, and how these are manifested in the macro-region and beyond.
17March 2022
Giovanni Faleg and Nad’a Kovalčíková at the EU Council Horizontal Working Party on Enhancing Resilience and Countering Hybrid
A meeting to present the findings of a co-authored Brief on hybrid threats in Africa.
10February 2022
Giovanni Faleg speaks at the European Parliament
On 10 February 2022, Giovanni Faleg participated to the high-level pre-summit meeting organised by the European Parliament ahead of the African Union-European Union summit.
30January 2022
Giovanni Faleg spoke at La Fabrique Défense on the EU in the Sahel
On 30 January, Giovanni Faleg attended La Fabrique Défense at La Villette in Paris and participated in a public debate organised by Observatoire Proche Europe.

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02May 2022
Giovanni Faleg in Domani
Giovanni Faleg
Giovanni Faleg was mentioned in an article on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security in Africa.
Domani (in Italian)
15March 2022
Chaillot Paper 173 in Nigrizia
Giovanni Faleg
The Chaillot Paper "African spaces" edited by Giovanni Faleg was quoted in an article about Africa's new geopolitical frontiers.
Nigrizia (in Italian)
26May 2020
Florence Gaub and Giovanni Faleg in euobserver
Florence Gaub
Giovanni Faleg
Florence Gaub and Giovanni Faleg published a joint article entitled 'Clock is ticking: 300,000 vs 3.3m Covid-19 Africa deaths?'
euobserver

Europe’s Pivot to Africa: National Strategies and the Challenge of Coherence
In Giovanni Carbone (ed.) 'Europe and Africa. The Long Search for Common Ground', Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 15 November 2021

Il futuro dell’Africa: libero scambio, pace e prosperità? (available in Italian and French)
Il Grand Continent, 12 March 2021

Global Power Competition in Africa: Implications for the EU
Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 21 December 2020

Implications of COVID-19 on EU Crisis Management
National Defense Institute, 13 May 2020

Rethinking stabilisation efforts in Somalia
SIPRI blog, 9 May 2019

Les relations UE-Afrique: un tournant stratégique
In Défense Magazine, UNION-IHEDN, n. 196, January-February 2019

The EU: from comprehensive to integrated approach
In Global Affairs, Volume 4, Issue 2-3, 27 July 2018

Reaching the root causes of fragility? An assessment of foreign interventions in the G5 Sahel
In Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck (ed.) The Sahel: Europe’s African Borders, Euromesco, April 2018

Report on EU's comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding
EU-CIVCAP Project, Deliverable 4.3, 23 March 2018[collapse]

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