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Abdelkader Abderrahmane
Guest Author
Bio
Abdelkader Abderrahmane is a Senior Researcher ATthe Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
As a military coup in Niger threatens to destabilize its surrounding regions, the prospect of foreign military intervention only risks a larger catastrophe.