... institutional models often led to continuous renegotiation over the nature of the state, the limits of sovereignty, and security priorities, rendering the relationship between international rules and local implementation more complex and less controllable.
Mali and Niger serve as examples of these transformations. Political and security developments in recent years have revealed the limits of a stability model based on normative conditionality. In Mali, escalating security threats and repeated political transitions ...
Independence on paper or in practice? On the prospects of cooperation between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in security and social development
On July 6, 2024, the military leaders of Mali (Assimi Goïta), Niger (Abdourahamane Tchiani) and Burkina Faso (Ibrahim Traoré) signed a treaty establishing the Confederation of Sahel States,...
... forces?
The roundtable discussion brought together Africa experts from the RAS Institute for African Studies, the Center for Popular Diplomacy, HSE University, Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University and MGIMO University, as well as experts from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
... National Council for the Protection of the Homeland, was involved in both coups.
The differences in domestic political dynamics sharply distinguish Niger from the Sahel Alliance and have important foreign policy implications. Unlike Burkina Faso and Mali, Niger’s leadership has not succumbed to the allure of anti-Western rhetoric and not severed cooperation with the U.S.: America’s two military bases remain in the country, and a
ceremony
of credentials presentation by the new ambassador from Washington,...
