Majak D’Agoôt

Majak D’Agoôt is a veteran of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) war for independence of South Sudan where he rose from the ranks to hold higher echelon staff and command positions. He holds an MSc in Quantitative Finance and a PhD in Financial Economics from SOAS University of London. He also obtained an MSc in Security Sector Management from the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Cranfield University, and an MA in War Studies from King’s College London. He previously served as deputy chief of intelligence of Sudan and Defence minister of South Sudan.

He is currently a visiting senior research fellow with the African Leadership Centre at the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy of King’s College London and part of its senior leadership practitioners’ group. He also runs an independent think tank in Juba, South Sudan – the Changing Horizon Institute for Strategic Policy Analysis (CHI-SPA). His current research interest covers risk management, intelligence, irregular warfare (insurgency and counterinsurgency), and civil-military relations.

He has published articles in peer review journals such as Intelligence and National Security, Risk Research, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Defence and Security, Middle East Policy, Armed Forces & Society, and Political & Military Sociology.