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 ›
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 ›
What Are Turkish Syrian-Sourced Mercenaries Doing In Niger? By Andrew Korybko Objectively speaking, Niger seems interested in broadening its number of non-Western security partners, which is being done in this case by allowing its Turkish partner’s Syrian-sourced mercenaries to protect their… Read More ›
Macron Keeps Discrediting France By Making Mistake After Mistake On The Foreign Policy Front By Andrew Korybko At this rate, there’s no longer any credible chance that France will revive its independent foreign policy traditions after the five major foreign policy… 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 ›
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 Sahelian Alliance’s Plans To Create A Confederation Will Transform Continental Dynamics By Andrew Korybko It’ll of course take some time to reap the fruits of this vision, but throughout the interim, these countries can rely on varying degrees of Russian… Read More ›
Niger’s Ousted Leader Initially Promised To Fight Terrorists But Ultimately Allied With Them By Andrew Korybko Without any exaggeration despite how sensational it sounds, Bazoum literally allied with Al Qaeda and ISIS’ regional affiliates according to The Economist, and he even… Read More ›
It’s Likely That Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War By Andrew Korybko Security and ideological interests account for why the Algerian Chief of Staff just flew to Moscow. His country wants to coordinate with its… Read More ›