TIME | Collin Meisel: Why Many Nigeriens Want Russia in and the West Out
The sight of Nigeriens waving pro-Putin signs and Russian flags left many in the West feeling uneasy, yet Russia’s presence in Africa is hardly new, writes HCSS subject matter expert Collin Meisel in TIME magazine. If U.S. and European leaders are keen to avoid another repeat of this pattern, they will need to change tack. A business-as-usual mindset will lead to an African continent that is far more closely aligned with Russia and its “no limits friendship” with China than to the West.