The Newly Formed Sahelian Alliance Will Reshape Regional Military-Strategic Dynamics By Andrew Korybko Niger will remain the “weakest link” to comprehensive military-economic integration within the Sahelian Alliance so long as it continues hosting the US’ two drone bases there. Its interim… Read More ›
The Resumption Of US Military Activity In Niger Puts France On The Strategic Backfoot By Andrew Korybko France is forced to react to the latest trends of patriotic military coups and the US’ newfound pragmatic response to the most recent one… Read More ›
France Reportedly Thinks That The US Backstabbed It During Nuland’s Trip To Niger By Andrew Korybko France fears that the interim military-led government is willing to explore a deal whereby they’ll agree to keep Russia/Wagner at bay and retain the US’… Read More ›
France Declared That It Won’t Let The Nigerien Junta Kick It Out Of Niger By Andrew Korybko France’s preemptive refusal to withdraw from Niger if the junta demands that it do so on the pretext that they’re illegitimate putschists contrasts with… Read More ›
None Of Nigeria’s Objective National Interests Are Served By Invading Niger By Andrew Korybko Although it’s everyone’s right to think whatever they want about the merits of Niger’s regime change, there are no plausible grounds for considering it a threat to… Read More ›
The Coup In Niger Could Be A Game-Changer In The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko It’s too early to tell whether the Nigerien junta is multipolar like its neighbours or if it’ll be co-opted by the West to function as… Read More ›
French Neocolonialism In The South Caucasus Threatens Russia’s Security Interests By Andrew Korybko Those who aren’t all that familiar with the Karabakh Conflict probably don’t know that one of the world’s most powerful and hyper-nationalist Armenian diasporas resides in France, where… Read More ›
Police Racism Is A Problem In France But So Are Criminal Gangs By Andrew Korybko Average folks of all ethnic backgrounds, political dispositions, and social classes are caught in the middle of this crisis. Violence won’t help control the cost of… Read More ›
Macron’s Reaction To Prigozhin’s Failed Coup Is Another Reason Not To Invite Him To BRICS By Andrew Korybko The French leader’s glee after hearing about that armed rebellion confirms that he marches in lockstep with the West when it comes to… Read More ›
By Inviting Macron To BRICS Summit Does South Africa Want Putin To Boycott In Protest? By Andrew Korybko If South Africa is unable to promise that it won’t execute the ICC’s politicized arrest warrant, then its policymakers might gamble that it’s… Read More ›
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