After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
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China’s military assistance to Mali could be damaging.
African leaders’ announcement of military base closures signals a rejection of French policy and the country’s diminishing influence.
To understand the latest coup in Burkina Faso, one must appreciate the internal power struggles in the country, their links with violent extremism as well as the role of external state actors.
Mali’s ruling junta, which has already secured the end of France’s Barkhane operation and has largely moved closer to Moscow, is now targeting the UN mission in the country, the Minusma.
Though its full impact is unpredictable, the withdrawal of France from Mali will have some likely effects.
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Il y a peu de résultats visibles sur le terrain après huit ans de guerre au Mali.
French policymakers understand that sharing the burdens of military operations with global partners can help boost flagging support at home.
More than 20 years after the shift from unilateralism to multilateralism, it is reasonable to wonder how multilateral France’s ‘new interventionism’ really is.
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