The Russian Bear’s Claw in Africa

Mali and the battle for the Sahel

Stanislav Krapivnik on why the struggle for Mali represents a wider contest for Africa’s future.

The military conflict in Ukraine has entered its fifth year, and people can be forgiven for forgetting, or misunderstanding, that this war is not really with Ukrainians, but with the Epstein elite of the West. They can also be forgiven for treating the battle…