The Putin Paradox

🇳🇪 The best outcome in Niger would be for the democratic government to be restored. But I'm afraid that if the USA or France uses military force to restore constitutional order it will be perceived as neocolonialist and it will generate strong anti-American, anti-French and anti-Western sentiment among the junta supporters. The junta supporters may not be the majority of the civilian population, but they are not an insignificant group. It appears to include all of the Niger military, including m...