French Media Revealed Russia’s Central Role In The Algerian-Malian Rapprochement By Andrew Korybko Putin allegedly told his Malian counterpart to patch up his problems with Algeria during talks at the Kremlin last summer while Lavrov reportedly told his own counterpart in… Read More ›
The Algerian-Malian Rapprochement Could Be A Game-Changer In The Sahel By Andrew Korybko The best-case scenario is that Algeria gets the Tuareg rebels to defect from their radial Islamist allies in exchange for broad autonomy in Mali, Algeria replaces Libya’s Russian… Read More ›
French Media Confirmed That Paris Is Backing Ukraine In Mali By Andrew Korybko A division of labour can now be discerned: the US masterminded this war against Russia’s Malian ally, which al-Qaeda-aligned Islamic radicals are leading in alliance with Tuareg separatists,… Read More ›
Mali After The Failed Decapitation Strike: Malian Foreign Minister Signals A Coming Counteroffensive By Andrew Korybko The failed decapitation strike on day one of the war bought Mali time, but whether or not it’s enough depends on when the counteroffensive is… Read More ›
The Sahelian Domino Effect: How Mali’s Latest Crisis Could Ignite a West African War By Andrew Korybko There’s a growing risk that Tuareg separatism might once again spread from Mali to Niger, and radical Islamist violence could spread further into there… Read More ›
Reconciliation, Not Rebellion: The Only Path Forward For Mali’s Tuaregs By Andrew Korybko If the Tuareg end their rebellion, cut off their foreign patrons, and ally with the state against al-Qaeda-aligned JNIM, then elements of the Algiers Accord could be restored,… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali By Andrew Korybko The solutions are difficult to implement during the crisis, however, but hopefully that’ll happen after (if?) it passes. Saturday’s coordinated attacks across Mali by terrorist-designated Tuareg rebels in the rural… Read More ›
The Tuareg Are Once Again Discrediting Their Cause By Functioning As Foreign Proxies By Andrew Korybko The Tuareg cause – for as legitimate as some might consider it to be – is now being exploited by the West as a cover… Read More ›
Mali’s Support Of Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy Plan Will Worsen Tensions With Algeria By Andrew Korybko Russia might be forced to choose between its two partners if their tensions spiral out of control. The Malian Foreign Minister recently withdrew his country’s recognition of… Read More ›
Assessing Russia’s Claims That Ukraine Is Responsible For Terrorism All Across Africa By Andrew Korybko The US has the power to put a stop to this by threatening to cut Ukraine off if it refuses but won’t because it believes that… Read More ›