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Roundtable Discussion “Alliance of Sahel States as a New Component of Regional Security: Threats and Opportunities for Russia”

... do Russia, China, Turkey and Arab states have for expanding their influence? Is it likely to have paramilitary groups effectively integrated into the armed 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.

29.03.2024

Understanding the Niger Coup and its Implications

....com/2023/08/03/africa/africa-anti-french-sentiment-analyis-intl/index.html. [16] Balima, Boureima, and Abdel-Kader Mazou "Niger Hit with More Sanctions as Junta Rebuffs Latest Diplomatic Mission" Reuters, August 8, 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/niger-coup-hopes-mediation-before-west-african-blocs-thursday-s.... [17] Conte, Chris Lau, Jennifer Hauser, Michael "Niger's Ousted President Warns of 'devastating' Coup Impact, Growing Russian Influence | CNN" CNN, August 4, 2023 https://www....

29.08.2023

Colonial Dilemmas of the West

... exhausted. The story of the removal of President Bazoum from power continues amid the ECOWAS countries voicing their readiness to restore the country’s former constitutional order; we cannot yet say how dramatic this course of events will be for West Africa or the people of Niger itself. It is very likely that the radical change of power will not continue in Niger with the same success as in neighbouring Mali or Burkina Faso. However, it is already obvious that France’s system of post-colonial influence in this region ...

29.08.2023

Nuclear geopolitics. Shifting sands along Africa’s Uranium Road

... production of uranium comes from mines located in Kazakhstan, Canada and Australia. Even with French president Francoise Hollande sitting at 18 percent popularity in the polls France has conducted interventions in its former colonies; the Central African Republic, Mali and Niger all of which contain uranium deposits. China has become the new player in the club and its presence is being felt along Africa’s Uranium Road, the meridian that stretches from the Western Sahara to Sudan, where most of Africa’s major ...

19.02.2014

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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