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 ›
Congo’s Polish Spy Scandal Is Worth Paying Attention To After The Recent Failed Coup Attempt By Andrew Korybko While all eyes are on Ukraine and Gaza, the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues deteriorating, and it’s quickly becoming… Read More ›
It Was Predictable That Kenya Would Become The US’ First Sub-Saharan Major Non-NATO Ally By Andrew Korybko The quid pro quo is that Kenya will be the US’ policeman in parts of the Global South in exchange for more Western investment… Read More ›
Reuters Revealed The Reason Why Niger Asked American Troops To Leave The Country By Andrew Korybko All the media hype about the reasons why this happened (ex: “Russian influence”) and the expected consequences (ex: “an upsurge in terrorism”) distract from the… Read More ›
The Arrival Of Russian Troops In Niger Will Reshape The US’ Regional Calculations By Andrew Korybko While the possibly impending withdrawal of US forces from Niger is definitely a victory of sorts, the proverbial “Battle for the Sahel” in the New… Read More ›
Can The US Salvage Its Nigerien Base Deal? By Andrew Korybko The resolution of this dispute will reveal a lot about the Nigerien military leadership’s internal dynamics, which can in turn enable astute observers to better predict the policies that they… Read More ›
Here’s What I Learned From Analysing The New Cold War Every Day For Two Years Straight By Andrew Korybko These five trends are considered to be the most significant grand strategic ones that are expected to have the greatest impact on… Read More ›
Russia’s Burkinabe Deployment Is A Pretty Big Deal By Andrew Korybko Slowly but surely, a new Russian-backed pole of influence is emerging in Africa, which could eventually attract the participation of neighbouring multipolar countries like similarly military-led Guinea. The first contingent… Read More ›
Which Coastal State Will Provide The Sahelian Confederation With Reliable Access To The Sea? By Andrew Korybko Nigeria can always return to blackmailing that bloc on whatever pretext, while Mauritania lacks the infrastructure to facilitate this, and Morocco is unlikely to… Read More ›
The Dismantlement Of “Europe’s Border Guard” In Niger Raises The Bloc’s Stakes In The Sahel By Andrew Korybko The EU’s so-called “forward defence” against illegal immigration is now in joint Sahelian-Russian-US hands after the bloc lost all of its influence over… Read More ›
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