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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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
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
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.
24January 2020
What if...? 14 futures for 2024
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Florence Gaub
With contributions from
Alice Ekman, Giovanni Faleg, Daniel Fiott, Gustav Lindstrom, Katariina Mustasilta, Roderick Parkes, Patryk Pawlak, Clara Portela, Sinikukka Saari, Stanislav Secrieru, Simona R. Soare, Nathalie Van Raemdonck, John-Joseph Wilkins
According to a famous science fiction film, the future is what you make of it. This Chaillot Paper takes this quote from Back to the Future to heart, proposing 14 different portraits of the future for the year 2024.
08October 2019
Resetting Ethiopia
Briefs
By
Giovanni Faleg
Strengthening the resilience of the Ethiopian state and preventing an escalation of political violence are two policy priorities in view of the 2020 elections. But how can conflict risks be mitigated? And can the ambitious reform agenda be reconciled with concrete local needs and ethnic grievances?
10April 2019
Conflict prevention in Mozambique
Briefs
By
Giovanni Faleg
This Brief demonstrates how a ‘pivot’ to conflict prevention in foreign assistance to Mozambique is needed, adjusting international donors’ support towards more targeted conflict-prevention objectives, and balancing the need for conflict sensitivity with the imperative of effective relief and recovery interventions in the areas hit by the cyclone. But it is important to realise that the ‘prevention window’ will not remain open indefinitely, and timely action is therefore of the essence.
09April 2019
Iceberg ahead! Rethinking conflict prevention
Briefs
By
Giovanni Faleg, Florence Gaub
This Brief launches a new EUISS series on conflicts, by focusing on the renewed attention to prevention in international peacebuilding at a time when the human and economic costs of violent conflict keep rising.
25January 2019
What if....? Scanning the horizon: 12 scenarios for 2021
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Florence Gaub
With contributions from
Marko Čeperković, Giovanni Faleg, Daniel Fiott, Florence Gaub, Gustav Lindstrom, Roderick Parkes, Annelies Pauwels, Patryk Pawlak, Eva Pejsova, Stanislav Secrieru, Nathalie Van Raemdonck, John-Joseph Wilkins
The 150th Chaillot Paper produced by the EUISS, this publication aims to alert decision-makers to potential developments with significant strategic impact while they can still prepare for, or even avoid them.

25February 2021
SAHEL CLIMATE CONFLICTS
On 25 February 2021, the EUISS and the Africa Working Party of the Council of the EU (COAFR) held their tenth meeting to discuss Climate Conflicts in the Sahel.

The meeting examined the nexus between climatic/environmental factors and conflicts in the region, discussing whether (and what) climatic factors impact conflict variability and terrorism (and how).
15December 2020
Turkey in Africa
On 15 December 2020, the EUISS and the European Council’s Working Party on Africa (COAFR) held their ninth meeting to discuss Turkey’s involvement in Africa. Members of the European Council’s Working Group on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) also participated in the discussion.
15October 2020
Russia in Africa
The EUISS and the European Council’s Working Party on Africa (COAFR) held their eighth meeting and first virtual teleconference to discuss Russia in Africa. Members of the European Council’s Working Party on Eastern Europe and Central Asia (COEST) also participated to the discussion.
22September 2020
Debating stability in North Africa, the Sahel and Horn of Africa
The workshop 'Debating stability in North Africa, the Sahel and Horn of Africa: How transnational dynamics and geopolitics impact governance and development' took place in the morning of September 22nd in Pisa, Italy and was jointly organised by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA), the European University Institute (EUI) and the EUISS.
05August 2020
EUI and EUISS enhance collaboration on peace and security
The EUISS and the EUI signed a new partnership agreement to enhance collaboration.
15July 2020
EUISS foresight podcast – Season 2
The EUISS' ‘What if’ podcast returns for a second season, this time looking at the foreign policy implication of the covid19 crisis.
09June 2020
EUISS foresight podcast – Season 1
The EUISS ‘What if’ podcast is a foreign policy foresight conversation: it looks at fictional scenarios that could happen between now and the end of 2021.
18May 2020
EUISS-led session at the 2020 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development
The EUISS led a session on ‘African geopolitics in transformation: what future for peacebuilding?'
04February 2020
EU member states’ strategies towards sub-Saharan Africa
The EUISS and COAFR jointly organised a seventh breakfast meeting in Brussels.
21January 2020
Angola: an African country to watch in 2020
The EUISS and the Africa Working Party of the Council of the EU (COAFR) jointly organised the sixth meeting on sub-Saharan Africa in Brussels.

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