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Centre for Grand Strategy and Cultural Development · Ghana
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GrandStrategy
and Cultural Development · Ghana
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05°33′N · 00°12′W
Ghana is at the centre of the world.
The Prime Meridian crosses the Ghanaian coast at Tema, and the equator runs about 600 km to the south. Draw the world from Accra and it arranges itself around us. Centre here means vantage, not size.
- Prime Meridian
- Crosses the coast at Tema
- Equator
- About 600 km south of Accra
- Vantage
- Position, relationships, judgement
Strategic reach
From Accra, we think in great circles.
A small state's advantage is its position, its relationships and the quality of its judgement. Grand strategy is how those three are put to work together, across Africa and the world.
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Thinking Africa. Shaping strategy.
Influencing the world.
The Accra School for Grand Strategy
A think and do tank for Africa's strategic century.
Africa's future requires more than the management of immediate challenges. It requires the ability to anticipate change, understand power, integrate knowledge and make choices that serve enduring national and continental interests.
01 · Anticipate
Think
Research and policy studies on security, development, governance, media and international relations that leaders can actually use.
02 · Align
Shape
Grand strategy as the disciplined alignment of national purpose, institutional capability, economic ambition and cultural identity.
03 · Engage
Influence
Dialogues, advisory work and partnerships that carry African perspectives into the rooms where global outcomes are decided.
Five pillars
One purpose. Five ways of seeing.
The pillars on the Centre's crest are the lenses through which every study, dialogue and engagement is shaped.
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Black Star Square · Accra
Rooted in Accra.
Engaged with the world. Our work begins from Ghana's own vantage: its history, its institutions and its place on the map.
05°32′N 00°11′WIndependence SquareEst. vantage · Gulf of Guinea
How we work
We study how states decide, then help them decide better.
Our subjects are grand strategy, national security, international relations, governance, strategic communication and cultural development.
Think
Research that leaders can use.
- T.01Research and policy studies on security, development, communication, governance, media and international relations
- T.02Reports and policy briefs
- T.03Conferences and dialogues
- T.04A resource centre and library
Do
Work that leaves something standing.
- D.01Consultancy and advisory services
- D.02Development projects and pilots
- D.03Training for public and private institutions
- D.04Partnerships and funding mobilisation
Where the Centre began
MSc Thesis · University of Gold Coast
Beyond Power: Integrating Intelligence into Grand Strategy for Small States. A Case Study of Ghana in a Fragmented Global Order.
Intelligence works best as a strategic multiplier.
A qualitative case study grounded in Neoclassical Realism and Strategic Intelligence Theory. It asks how a small state can use intelligence to adapt, stay resilient and keep its strategic autonomy.
The Strategy Room