The Sahel’s Silent Collapse: Europe’s Strategic Failure in Plain Sight.
You were told Europe was a global actor, a normative power whose partnerships were built on values. So why, as you read this, does the Sahel—a region whose stability directly gates your own security—feel like a testament to Europe's strategic absence? The coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger between 2020 and 2023 did not just topple governments; they severed the thread of European influence, creating a vacuum now filled by Russian mercenaries, Chinese deals, and a transactional American pragmatism. The result, as a stark analysis from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs confirms, is not stability but a deepening quagmire of jihadist violence and regional tension [1]. We are witnessing a failure not of intention, but of architecture and nerve. #Sahel #SahelKrise #WagnerGruppe #AES #SahelAllianz #SahelPolitik