On July 26, 2023, the West African country of Niger fell to a coup d'etat along with its neighbors of Mali and Burkina Faso. This is a very fascinating part of the world, and holds a ton of geopolitical consequences here. In this video, I try to answer your questions about what's going on in West Africa, and what it will mean for our larger geopolitical world. If you dig what I'm doing, please show your support through Patreon. Please consider supporting this work at www.patreon.com/ExitStrategyShow

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I am also a serious journalist. I also wrote about this story for Jacobin: Check it out:

► https://jacobin.com/2023/08/niger-coup-west-russia-war-mohamed-bazoum-security-democracy

Additional resources for this video include: 

► https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/tentative-de-coup-detat-au-niger-eviter-la-confrontation-armee

► https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/time-running-short-diplomacy-post-coup-niger-talks-stall-2023-08-09/

► https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/08/niger-ecowas-bazoum-nigeria-tinubu-military-intervention/

► https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-drone-missions-niger-halted/#:~:text=Known%20as%20%E2%80%9CNigerien%20Air%20Base,the%20base%20in%20November%202019

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