Colonial Dilemmas of the West
... invasion of Niger by the ECOWAS countries for several weeks already shows that internal considerations and regional stability play a much more significant role in their strategy than the demands and oddities of Paris. No matter how the situation around Niger itself develops in the near future, the events of recent years show that France, like the rest of the West, does not have ready-made recipes for maintaining its influence in Africa. The crisis of ideas is accompanied by a crisis of material resources, and together they create a catastrophic perception of the situation. France’s ...
29.08.2023
