BISA 2026 Conference

Africa: Politics and Intervention

TH04

4 Jun 2026, 15:00

1h 30m

Panel Africa and International Studies Working Group

Description

The discussions will focus on the decline of democracy in Nigeria, the question of agency and identity in peacekeeping, responses to coups in Africa, and the US and military intervention in Nigeria.

Subcontributions

• Agency and Identity in African Peacekeeping: Case of the African Union
• A sudden military intervention: Motives and perceptions
• Varieties of international responses to successful coups in Africa
• Deconstructing the declining state of democracy: A qualitative study on perceptions of African and western international relations on the state of democracy in Nigeria