Master of Science (MS) · University of Amsterdam
Luis is a German student of International Relations and Organisations at Leiden University, currently preparing his bachelor project on democratic erosion and resilience. His academic interests focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, especially sustainable development, aid politics, and democratization. Having lived in Mozambique and South Africa, he maintains a particular policy focus on these countries.
Geographic vulnerabilities, a fragile healthcare infrastructure, community resistance, and a rapidly spreading viral strain with no previously approved countermeasures mean the crisis threatens to eclipse the devastation of past epidemics.
Why has Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province become the centre of a violent Islamist insurgency, and what factors are shaping the conflict? The insurgency grew out of deep local grievances – inequality, marginalisation, lack of governance, and resource exclusion – which the Mozambican state has fa…
1.What are the strategic interests of key actors in the DRC? 2. To understand the regional dimensions of the conflict in the DRC, it is important to examine the interests of countries beyond just Rwanda. 3. The conflict is highly complex and multidimensional, resisting simplistic narratives of…
