Ronan Wordsworth
Ronan Wordsworth is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. He completed a Masters in Geopolitical Studies at Charles University in Prague in 2022. He has an ongoing association with the University, including assisting an ongoing project of African University partnerships and is co-host of a Geopolitics Podcast. Prior to undertaking the master’s program, Mr Wordsworth completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney and spent nine years working across Australia, Europe, and Southern Africa working up to the level of Senior Project Manager providing experience in statistical analytics.
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Disinformation: A New Battlespace for Democracy
Democracies are inherently ill-prepared to deal with the proliferation of information warfare. While state-sponsored propaganda is by no means new, the digital age has fundamentally altered the speed, scale and reach of such efforts. Today, propaganda messaging directed at foreign audiences, often called foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), is a key source of influence […]
The Tigray Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia and Eritrea are once again on the verge of conflict, just a few years after Ethiopia endured a devastating civil war in its northern Tigray region. Following reports...
Competition in the Horn of Africa Heats Up
On Dec. 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country would officially recognize Somaliland, the breakaway region of Somalia, as a sovereign nation. The first of its...
A New Jihadist Hub in Africa
Nigeria and Mali are at the center of what is fast becoming the world’s most active theater of jihadism. Militant groups are exploiting the vacuum left by Western militaries...
The UAE’s Quiet Militarization of the Red Sea
The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that comprises one side of the civil war in Sudan, recently took el-Fasher, the last important stronghold of the country’s military in...
A Shift in the Nuclear Order?
Following a visit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Seoul had his approval to build a nuclear-powered submarine. At first glance, the...
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