Mathieu Gotteland
mathieugotteland.bsky.social
Mathieu Gotteland
@mathieugotteland.bsky.social
PhD in History of international relations. Autistic.

Posts on Somalia, Sudan, African geopolitics

Research interests: Informal imperialism, Foreign concessions in China, WWI-era espionage, Indian, Vietnamese independentisms, Terrorism, Ethics of war
Another recent agreement between #SaudiArabia and #Ghana aims at diversifying such vital interests.

It thus comes in competition with #UAE's own earlier and massive investments in #Africa, especially throughout the Horn.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The #RSF is considered responsible for numerous war crimes, crimes against humanity, as well as #genocide against non-Arab communities.

#Sudan #KeepEyesonSudan
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Gum arabic is "irreplaceable in many products, from food and beverages to pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and paint. Most consumers encounter it daily, often without realizing it, in chocolate bars, candies, soft drinks like #CocaCola, or dairy products."

#RSF #Sudan #KeepEyesonSudan
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
- SAF victories do not signal any end to the atrocities. Theirs only follow a different rationale and are cloaked in the "legitimacy" of the remnants of the Sudanese state.

The AU and the UN need to finally step in, as per article 4(h) and the Responsibility to Protect.

#Sudan
April 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and their nearly 6,000 inhabitants also hit by 50% tariff
April 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The involvement of all neighbours should be monitored closely, and not solely #Uganda 's. #Egypt 's discomfort when facing #RSF 's rapid advance has led to the current successes by the #SAF in Khartoum and in between the Blue and White Nile.
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The situation of Sudanese in #SouthSudan and South Sudanese in #Sudan is all the more precarious, in a context of pogroms on both sides of the border.

This will further prolong the war in Sudan and worsen the brewing conflict in South Sudan.
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
J'avais publié dans la même revue deux autres articles issus de ma thèse, là encore concernant la guerre secrète en #Asie durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il s'agit de :

- "Drapeau rouge sur l' #Autriche #Hongrie coloniale (1917)", disponible ici : larevuedhistoiremilitaire.fr/2024/07/03/d...
Drapeau rouge sur l'Autriche-Hongrie coloniale (1917) - La Revue d'Histoire Militaire
Le 13 août 1917, un certain Josef Goennert alias Krempasky est arrêté en gare centrale de Tianjin. Le lendemain, à 4 heures du matin, ses affidés tentent le cambriolage du consulat d’Autriche-Hongrie ...
larevuedhistoiremilitaire.fr
March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ma thèse de doctorat (non révisée), "L' #Allemagne et l' #Autriche #Hongrie en #Chine, 1895-1918", est disponible ici : www.academia.edu/attachments/...
www.academia.edu
March 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Tip for wannabe "HR" contacts here, don't recruit assets by asking them to do #HUMINT and to give a full contact list. This is rather insulting to our intelligence.
March 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
J'avais précédemment publié dans la même revue des articles similaires à propos de #SãoTomé-et-Príncipe (accessible ici : regard-est.com/russie-signa...) et du #Soudan (accessible ici : regard-est.com/ukraine-la-s...)
Russie : signature d'un accord de défense avec São Tomé-et-Príncipe - REGARD SUR L'EST
En mai 2024, l’archipel de São Tomé-et-Príncipe a signé un accord de coopération militaire avec la Russie qui laisse craindre à de nombreux analystes un nouveau […] Read More
regard-est.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Les présidents bissau-guinéen et russe se sont entretenus au téléphone le 23 janvier pour faire le point sur la coopération bilatérale relancée en mai 2024.
January 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM