A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of The Proposed Congolese-US Minerals-Security Deal By Andrew Korybko The US might be able to replace Chinese companies’ dominant role in the DRC’s gigantic minerals industry if it plays its cards right but must avoid being dragged into… Read More ›
Worsening Tensions Between Algeria And The Sahelian Alliance Put Russia In A Predictable Dilemma By Andrew Korybko It was impossible in retrospect for Russia to balance between them given their diametrically opposed views on the Tuareg issue, which each regards as… Read More ›
Horn Of Africa Gambit: The US Fuelling Tensions Between Somalia And Somaliland By Uriel Araujo Washington apparently cannot resist the temptation to turn disputed territories into military outposts. History warns us that such interventions rarely end well—least of all for the… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From The Newly Signed Russian-Ethiopian Naval Cooperation Agreement By Andrew Korybko This development is much more newsworthy than casual observers might have thought. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vorobyev signed a naval cooperation agreement with landlocked Ethiopia last… Read More ›
Russia’s Support Of Mali Is Driving Algeria To Diversify Its Military Partnerships By Andrew Korybko Algeria seemingly suspects that Russia might leverage its dominant military supply role to coerce concessions on the latest Mali-Tuareg conflict, which Algiers wouldn’t comply with for… Read More ›
Chad And Senegal Are Teaming Up To Expel France From The Sahel By Andrew Korybko France and the US are expected to apply a three-pronged policy for pushing back against this. Thursday was an historic day for African geopolitics since Chad… Read More ›
Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Afro-Eurasian Grand Strategy By Andrew Korybko These ambitious plans will obviously take time to unfold, and there might be some road bumps along the way, but the importance rests in the fact that this is what Russia… Read More ›
Russia’s Veto Of The UNSC Resolution On Sudan Saved It From A Neocolonialist Plot By Andrew Korybko The text was ambiguous about the authorities’ legitimacy even though they represent their country at the UN, didn’t call for the RSF to cease… Read More ›
Is Russia Really The “Greatest Threat” To France? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s support of multipolar processes in West Africa has dealt a heavy blow to French hegemony there, which France has responded to by waging a proxy war on Russia in… Read More ›
Russia’s Port Deal With Sao Tome And Principe Is A Step In The Right Direction By Andrew Korybko The example set by Sao Tome & Principe is that even tiny countries can multi-align between Great Powers in the New Cold War… Read More ›