Imad Atoui (CIGA Research Associate) 

Imad Atoui is currently affiliated with Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) as research associate.  In 2011, He gained his undergraduate degree from Ferhat Abbas University, department of History, Algeria. After he has got his first scholarship, he joined Istanbul Commerce University (Turkey) where he secured his Master's Degree in African Studies and International Relations, in 2018. Besides his affiliation with CIGA, he is a PHD student of Political science and International Relation at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey. His main research interest is Geopolitics of The Mediterranean, North Africa and the Sahel region. Strategy, Geo-strategy, China and the Maghreb countries relationship, Sino-African countries relationship, China in the Sahel, Civil-Military relations in Algeria, State building and politics in North African and Sahel region countries, Conflict resolution in African Sahel Region, political and Security issues in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and the Sahel, and Algerian Modern history.

COVID-19 casts shadow on future of West African countries (Daily Sabah)
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Securing international system, postponing anarchism (Daily Sabah)
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Why Algeria needs military involvement in peacekeeping operations abroad (Daily Sabah)
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A lame plan behind Arab countries' armament (Daily Sabah) 

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