Why Are Some Nigerian Protesters Waving Russian Flags? By Andrew Korybko The argument can cogently be made that this isn’t proof of Russian meddling. Nigeria arrested more than 90 protesters last week who were waving Russian flags while demonstrating against the rising… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Boast About Being Behind The Tuaregs’ Ambush Of Wagner In Mali Came Back To Bite It By Andrew Korybko Mali and Niger cut ties with Ukraine after its military-intelligence representative admitted that Kiev backs groups that they consider to be… Read More ›
Here’s What’s Likely To Follow The Tuaregs’ Devastating Ambush Of Wagner In Mali By Andrew Korybko The Tuareg Conflict is now considered to be the New Cold War’s latest proxy war. Russia’s rebranded Wagner suffered a devastating ambush by Tuareg rebels… Read More ›
Did Westerners, Ukrainians And Al-Qaeda Help Tuareg Rebels Ambush Wagner In Mali? By Andrew Korybko The Tuareg Conflict is on pace to become another proxy war between Russia and the West. Speculation is swirling in the days after Tuareg rebels ambushed… Read More ›
The Tuareg Conflict Is Much More Complex Than Casual Observers Might Imagine By Andrew Korybko The conflict is a complex multi-sided one wherein the West, religious extremists, and Algeria have shared interests in the Malian government meaningfully decentralizing power to Tuareg-inhabited… Read More ›
Russia Must Think Carefully About Its Next Moves In Mali After This Weekend’s Reported Ambush By Andrew Korybko Russia must avoid being drawn into the quagmire that its non-state adversaries and their speculative Western allies are hoping to create for it… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Mediation Between Ethiopia And Somalia Is Well-Intentioned But Will Likely Be Fruitless By Andrew Korybko The Somaliland issue has turned into a zero-sum dilemma with existential consequences for Ethiopia and Somalia. Turkiye mediated talks in Ankara between the Ethiopian and… Read More ›
What’s Holding Up The Speculative Russian-Eritrean Naval Base Talks? By Andrew Korybko The Russian Ambassador appeared to tacitly confirm that such talks are underway during his latest interview with TASS but suggested that Eritrea wants more than just rent in exchange… Read More ›
Regional Divisions Are Widening In Somalia Over Mogadishu Wanting To Kick Out Ethiopian Troops By Andrew Korybko Somalia might once again “Balkanize” if its Southwest State and Jubaland withdraw recognition of the federal government in protest over this policy following Puntland’s… Read More ›
Somalia’s Intent To Expel Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorist Forces Exposes Its Dirty Agenda By Andrew Korybko Somalia has the right to conduct its foreign policy however it wants and to ask those who it invited into the country to leave, but the consequences… Read More ›
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