Medhane Tadesse is a policy academic on peace and security issues in Africa. With a taste for public intellectualism and a distinct focus on historical and future trends Medhane has been engaged extensively on the study of violence, governance and the state. A veteran analyst on the Horn of Africa and an international expert on Security Sector Reform/SSR/ he played a crucial role in familiarizing the governance of security at both research and policy levels, served as Senior ASSN SSR advisor to the African Union/AU/ and sits in the Board of several security related research institutions. 

Currently a senior research fellow on geopolitics based at IMAF/IRD, Paris, Medhane is a visiting professor at Global Studies, King’s College London and teaches at SciencesPo, Paris.