Online

2022

• ‘Macron in Africa: a cynical twist to repair the colonial past while keeping a tight grip’, The Conversation, 25 August 2022 (https://theconversation.com/macron-in-africa-a-cynical-twist-to-repair-the-colonial-past-while-keeping-a-tight-grip-189175?utm_medium=Social&utm_

source=Twitter#Echobox=1661429292-1).

• Republished as ‘Macron en Afrique : un revirement cynique pour réparer les préjudices liés au passé colonial tout en gardant une mainmise sur le continent’, The Conversation, 26 August 2022 (Macron en Afrique : un revirement cynique pour réparer les préjudices liés au passé colonial tout en gardant une mainmise sur le continent (theconversation.com).

 

2021

• ‘France wants to fix its relations with Africa. But it’s going about it the wrong way’, The Conversation, 17 November 2021 (https://theconversation.com/france-wants-to-fix-its-relations-with-africa-but-its-going-about-it-the-wrong-way-171234).

  • Republished in The Africa Report, ‘Africa – France: Macron’s approach to the continent is not new’, 25 November 2021 (https://www.theafricareport.com/149856/africa-france-macrons-approach-to-the-continent-is-not-new/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=post_articles_twitter_25_11_2021&utm_medium=social).

  • Republished as ‘La France souhaite améliorer ses relations avec l’Afrique, mais elle s’y prend mal,’ 6 December 2021 (https://theconversation.com/la-france-souhaite-ameliorer-ses-relations-avec-lafrique-mais-elle-sy-prend-mal-173028).

 

2020

• ‘De spijt van koning Filip negeert dat geweld in Congo ingebakken was’, vrtnws, 30 June 2020, (https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/06/30/spijtbetuiging-koning-filip/).

• ‘Het einde van Leopold II is niet het einde van de geschiedenis’, vrtnws, 16 June 2020, (https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/06/16/het-einde-van-leopold-ii-is-niet-het-einde-van-de-geschiedenis/).

 

2019

• ‘De hele Belgische samenleving moet excuses aanbieden voor het koloniale verleden in Congo’, vrtnws, 18 February 2019, (https://vrtnws.be/p.oEAm6N7Wa).

 

2018

• ‘Panafricanism’, Knowledge clip, UU History Youtube channel, 18 May 2018 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SJbtoLDE0w&t=43s).

• ‘Why Trump’s immigration comments caused such an uproar in Africa’, The Washington Post: Made by History, 26 January 2018, (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/01/26/why-donald-trumps-immigration-comments-caused-such-an-uproar-in-africa/?utm_term=.516b30c3a0b0).

 

2017

• ‘Heeft de diplomaat een fout gemaakt?’, Deredactie.be, 27 April 2017, (http://deredactie.be/permalink/1.2963872).

 

2016

• ‘Donald Trump: Piraat of Diplomaat?’, Deredactie.be, 7 December 2016, (http://deredactie.be/permalink/1.2837859).

• ‘The Spectre of South-South Diplomacy’, Afro-Asian Solidarity or Afro-Asian Competition?’, Afro-Asian Visions, 23 August 2016, (https://medium.com/afro-asian-visions/spectres-of-south-south-diplomacy-afro-asian-solidarity-or-afro-asian-competition-671c152a2224#.za1fc9wiv).

•  ‘Onze waarden verdedigen, hoe kan dat?’, Deredactie.be, 6 April 2016, (http://deredactie.be/permalink/1.2621498).

 

2015

• ‘The #ParisAttacks and France’s Long History of Colonialism’, Africa is a Country, 30 November 2015, (http://africasacountry.com/2015/11/the-parisattacks-and-frances-long-history-of-colonialism/).

• ‘Kissinger 2.0: Why Washington should seek closer cooperation with Teheran in the fight against Boko Haram’, Africa is a Country, 13 March 2015, (http://africasacountry.com/kissinger-2-0/).

 

2013

• ‘‘Congo on My Mind’: The Belgian Response to Mali’, The Holland Bureau, 19 January 2013, (http://www.thehollandbureau.com/2013/01/19/congo-on-my-mind-the-belgian-response-to-mali/).

 

2012

• ‘Belgian Surrealism and Flemish Nationalism’, The Holland Bureau, 6 November 2012, (http://www.thehollandbureau.com/2012/11/06/belgian-surrealism-and-flemish-nationalism/).

 

2011

• ‘Understanding Belgium’s engagement in Libya’, The Holland Bureau, 28 March 2011, (http://www.thehollandbureau.com/2011/03/28/understanding-belgium%E2%80%99s-engagement-in-libya/).

• ‘Wikileaks: The View From Belgium’, The Holland Bureau, 4 January 2011, (http://www.thehollandbureau.com/ 2011/01/04/wikileaks-the-view-from-belgium/).

 

2010

• ‘Wilders: The view from Belgium I & II’, The Holland Bureau, 11-12 March 2010, (http://www.thehollandbureau.com/Wilders the view from Belgium).

• ‘The Belgian View of the Atlantic Reflex I & II’, The Holland Bureau, 8-9 February 2010, (http://www.thehollandbureau.com/Wilders the view from Belgium).