Ivan Kopytsev

Political scientist, research assistant at the Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Libya today: a configuration of political institutions

Since 2011 Libya has somewhat been a ‘terra incognita’ on the political map of the world. The processes happening within the country, as well as the sporadic conflicts, are a product of too many factors to be fathomable for most people. Furthermore, an assessment of the current situation, including considering the plurality of political institutions and the prospects for ending the year-long crisis of Libyan statehood, is very intriguing from the point of view of the regional security architecture and interstate cooperation…

Ivan Kopytsev

Amendment on legalisation: formalisation of the status quo and a signal to the ’unreconciled’? On political news from Ethiopia

Against the background of the emergence of information about the adoption by the House of Representatives of Ethiopia of an amendment regulating the process of removing political parties from the list of terrorist organizations, there are wide opportunities for analysis and forming the most substantiated interpretations of such a development, which can be considered not only as formalising the existing balance of power, but also as a political gesture aimed at reconciling the federal centre with the armed opposition…

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Foreign policy implications of the conflict in Sudan: neighbors

The more than year-long armed conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces has already had dire consequences, including a humanitarian crisis, destruction of infrastructure and paralysis of government institutions. At the same time, its impact on the situation in the region should not be underestimated: without exception, all of Sudan’s neighbors are to some extent linked to the parties to the conflict…

Ivan Kopytsev

India-Africa: the evolution of co-operation - from independence to the present day

Ivan Kopytsev

Turkey-Somalia military co-operation agreement: a historic breakthrough or a gradual continuation of rapprochement?

Ivan Kopytsev

“Swan, Pike, and Crawfish”: Is a Union Possible Between the TPLF, OLA and Fano? Part 3. TPLF and Fano: “Let's Forget the Past?”

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“Swan, Pike, and Crawfish”: Is a Union Possible Between the TPLF, OLA and Fano? Part 2. Tigray People's Liberation Front

Ivan Kopytsev

“Swan, Pike, and Crawfish”: Is a Union Possible Between the TPLF, OLA and Fano? Part 1

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