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 ›
Russia’s Planned Base In Sudan Might Be Downgraded To A Naval Logistics Support Facility By Andrew Korybko The US’ interests are in keeping Russia out of Sudan and the broader Red Sea-Gulf of Aden region in general, and it’s much easier… 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 ›
Paranoid Regional Containment Policies Are Fuelling Chaos In The Horn Of Africa By Andrew Korybko The indirect coordination between the Egyptian-led but Eritrean-founded coastal containment coalition and the US to destabilize Ethiopia represents an unprecedented threat to peace and multipolarity in… Read More ›
Puntland’s Refusal To Close The Ethiopian Consulate Exposes Mogadishu’s Impotence By Andrew Korybko The Federal Government of Somalia’s military toothlessness is responsible for its impotence, but instead of focusing on rectifying the former ahead of the foreseeable terrorist upsurge that’ll follow… Read More ›
Puntland’s Withdrawal From Somalia’s Federal System Creates A Dilemma For Mogadishu And Ankara By Andrew Korybko Mogadishu is pressured to react in a way that exerts the federal government’s writ over Puntland such as requesting its allies in Ankara to patrol… Read More ›
A Russian Warship’s First-Ever Docking In Eritrea Doesn’t Mean That A Naval Base Will Follow By Andrew Korybko It would of course serve Russia’s interests to have a reliable alternative to Sudan in the event that their naval base deal falls… 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 ›
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