Geopolitics
From Periphery to Pretext: How the West Re-Casts the Sahel as a Geopolitical Battleground
Instability in regions like the Sahel is no longer peripheral but forms a 'connective strategic space' where local fragilities intersect with global competition to threaten vital Western interests like Atlantic energy corridors. It is clear this alarmist framing by the west reveals their true motive: to justify new forms of imperial intervention and control over the Global South under the pretext of a nebulous 'strategic threat' emanating from its own political and economic failures.
