Isel Ras
Biography
Publications
Isel Ras is a researcher and project manager specialising in violent extremism, conflict, and human security. Her work focuses on state fragility, deradicalisation, and the role of non-state actors in prevention efforts across Africa. She has published widely and contributed to international policy discussions on preventing and countering violent extremism, presenting at global forums including the Global Counterterrorism Forum, UN side events, and regional policy roundtables. Isel currently coordinates the AVERT Research Network at Deakin University.
The G20 faces a test of meaning as major powers stay away
Trump’s attacks and some big absences steal the spotlight from what would be South Africa’s moment.
Show or substance? The African Union’s G20 test
Under this year’s South African presidency of the global forum, it’s more important than ever for the Union to speak as one.
Congo’s mineral curse fuels US-China rivalry
Boasting about a peace deal is belied by continued suffering on the ground.
With the G20 summit looming, South Africa wants Trump at the table
Ramaphosa is making a risky bet in a bid to progress an economic and development agenda the US President doesn’t believe in.
