Countering Russia's Mercenary Playbook in Africa

Russia's strategy in Africa is built on a simple transaction: identify embattled governments, offer security without accountability, extract resources, and deploy propaganda.

Chess vs Checkers bitch

The Model, and Why It Works Short-Term

Russia's strategy in Africa is built on a simple transaction: identify embattled governments, offer security without accountability, extract resources, and deploy propaganda. Wagner Group, and now its successor entities after the 2023 mutiny and Prigozhin's death, does not build infrastructure…