The Resumption Of US Military Activity In Niger Puts France On The Strategic Backfoot
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 in Niger
France is forced to react to the latest trends of patriotic military coups and the US’ newfound pragmatic response to the most recent one in Niger, the latter of which saw the resumption of its military activity there after Nuland struck a deal with the junta. It can either try to destabilize the region out of desperation or begin pragmatically adapting to everything through much more reasonable responses like the one that it just showed after the Gabonese coup a few weeks ago.
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