Military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger came to power promising to defeat the insurgencies plaguing their countries. Instead, insecurity has worsened.
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Unimpressive democratic conditions and foreign influence in African countries make recent attempted and successful military takeovers unsurprising.
The authors were in town to set up a journalism course. Instead they witnessed a coup d'état.
The latest coup now presents a fork in the road for West African, French, and American policymakers.
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Nonresident Research Fellow, Rice University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer and Researcher in Politics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Chargé de Recherche au CNRST Burkina Faso & Chercheur associé à l'ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Researcher, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Conflict Researcher, Academic & Journalist, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Lecturer-researcher, Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de Bamako
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Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)