Prof. Medhane Tadesse

Medhane Tadesse is a policy academic on peace and security issues in Africa. With a taste for public intellectualism and a distinct focus on historical and future trends Medhane has been engaged extensively on the study of violence, governance, and the state. A veteran analyst on the Horn of Africa and an international expert on Security Sector Reform/SSR/ he played a crucial role in familiarizing the governance of security at both research and policy levels and served as Senior ASSN SSR advisor to the African Union/AU/. He is a founding member of the ALC-T Board of Trustees and sits on the Executive Committee of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN). Currently a senior research fellow on geopolitics based at IMAF/IRD, Paris, Medhane is a visiting professor at African Leadership Center, Global Studies, King’s College London and teaches at SciencesPo, Paris.