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 ›
The Russian-Tuareg War Was Inevitable From The Moment That Wagner Arrived In Mali By Andrew Korybko To channel Putin when referring to Syria’s accidental shooting down of a Russian spy plane in late 2018 while trying to hit an Israeli jet,… 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 ›
Assessing The Veracity Of SVR’s Report About A Polish-Ukrainian False Flag Attack In Poland By Andrew Korybko There’s little doubt that Ukraine has an interest in escalating NATO-Russian tensions through these means, including by employing anti-government Russian and Belarusian nationals in… 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 ›
Why Did Ghana Of All Countries Agree To Partially Finance Ukraine’s Drone Program? By Andrew Korybko Footing part of this bill in exchange for Ukrainian support for securing its borders is one of the costs that Ghana must pay as part… Read More ›
Wagner’s Withdrawal From Mali Might Reshape The Conflict’s Military-Political Dynamics By Andrew Korybko The recent friction in Russian-Algerian ties over this conflict might be alleviated while Mali could consider offering the Tuaregs broad autonomy in exchange for joining forces against radical… Read More ›
The Central African Republic And US PMCs: A Double Game Against Russia Or Pragmatic Diversification? By Andrew Korybko President Touadera might truly believe that he’s pragmatically diversifying from his country’s dependence on Russia via Wagner, but those who he invited into… Read More ›
Close Russian Partner Algeria Wants Wagner To Withdraw From Mali By Andrew Korybko The best scenario is that Algeria candidly explains its interests in this conflict to Russia and pledges not to provide any material support to the Tuaregs as a… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Boast About Being Behind The Tuaregs’ Ambush Of Wagner In Mali Came Back To Bite It By Andrew Korybko Mali and Niger cut ties with Ukraine after its military-intelligence representative admitted that Kiev backs groups that they consider to be… Read More ›
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