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West Africa’s ‘Acceptance’ of Coups Marks a Strategic Turning Point

West Africa’s ‘Acceptance’ of Coups Marks a Strategic Turning Point
Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah (L), Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (C), and Ghana Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Seth Amoama (R), at a meeting to discuss the political unrest in the Republic of Niger, in Abuja, Nigeria, on Aug. 2, 2023. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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The West’s preoccupation with the wars in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean and with United States and Chinese politics means that Africa has once again vanished from newspaper headlines. Yet it is now a continent in transition—a major transition—as the last vestiges of colonial structures are being reconsidered.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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