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Aline

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LEBOEUF

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Research fellow, Security Studies Center, Defense Research Unit

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Aline Leboeuf graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris (Development major) and from Paris I Sorbonne (Master in International Relations). Her PhD's title was "Security sector reform in Sierra Leone" (Sorbonne University Paris I, January 25, 2013).

She has been a researcher at the French think tank in international relations Ifri since 2003 which led her to conduct research on security and developement, security sector reform (SSR), protection of civilians (including security of expatriates), post-conflict situations in West Africa (especially Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire), foresight (with the concept of 'fluid conflicts') and global health governance (the global management of avian influenza, the One Health approach).

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Publications
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La compétition stratégique en Afrique : approches militaires américaine, chinoise et russe

Date de publication
30 August 2019
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While it was left behind from power politics for the last decades, Africa is at the core of a renewed attention from global powers.

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Cooperating with African Armed Forces

Date de publication
19 December 2018
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Nowadays, numerous actors are involved in military cooperation programs aiming to strengthen African armed forces and build special partnerships. 

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What Is a Good Security Sector Reform?

Date de publication
20 December 2017
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For about 20 years, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as an essential tool for crisis recovery and reconstructing weak and failed states at the heart of the security-development continuum. It is time to take stock of the lessons learnt about SSR and to offer an analysis of good practices and the lessons learned from these experiences. 

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Retours sur Sangaris. Entre stabilisation et protection des civils

Date de publication
30 April 2016
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In December 2013, France launched its operation Sangaris in the Central African Republic. What conclusions can be drawn for the stabilization of the country and the protection of civilians?

La réforme du secteur de sécurité, entre bureaucraties et stratégie

Date de publication
25 April 2014
Accroche

The concept of Security Sector Reform (SSR) was developed during the 1990s as a response to several problems chiefly faced by countries in post-conflict transitions: weak new governments; conflicting civil-military relations; ill-defined division of tasks between the armed forces, the police, and the judiciary system; and tension between the requirements to stabilize the country and to establish the rule of law.

Making Sense of One Health: Cooperating at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Health Interface

Date de publication
19 April 2011
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This study aims at showing and making sense of the One Health approach, according to which it is impossible to defeat infectious disease without working at the interface between human health, animal health and the environment.

Fluid Conflicts: Concepts and Scenarios

Date de publication
01 September 2005