Washington’s Quiet Return to the Sahel

The U.S. is re-engaging the region’s military juntas with a new focus on trading intelligence for minerals.

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Ronan Wordsworth
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The United States is edging back into the junta-led Sahelian states from which it was evicted just a couple of years ago, but this time it has abandoned the comprehensive, reform-minded approach that prevailed prior to the coups that reshaped the African region between 2020 and 2023. Its new approach is narrower, quieter and more […]

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Ronan Wordsworth
Ronan Wordsworth
Ronan Wordsworth is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. He completed a Masters in Geopolitical Studies at Charles University in Prague in 2022. He has an ongoing association with the University, including assisting an ongoing project of African University partnerships and is co-host of a Geopolitics Podcast. Prior to undertaking the master’s program, Mr Wordsworth completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney and spent nine years working across Australia, Europe, and Southern Africa working up to the level of Senior Project Manager providing experience in statistical analytics.

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