Christopher Michael Faulkner, Author at Asia Times https://asiatimes.com/author/christopher-michael-faulkner/ Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:41:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://asiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ATLogo-192px.png Christopher Michael Faulkner, Author at Asia Times https://asiatimes.com/author/christopher-michael-faulkner/ 32 32 173017365 Wagner rout in Mali puts Russia on an African backfoot https://asiatimes.com/2024/08/wagner-rout-in-mali-puts-russia-on-an-african-backfoot/ https://asiatimes.com/2024/08/wagner-rout-in-mali-puts-russia-on-an-african-backfoot/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:44:28 +0000 https://asiatimes.com/?p=768663

While Russia’s army is bogged down in Ukraine, its mercenaries are faring no better in Africa. In late July 2024, mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Moscow-aligned private military company, accompanied the Malian army in what the Malian regime called a “stabilization operation” in the West African country’s northeastern town of Tinzaouaten, near the Algerian […]

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addressed the United States Congress on March 16, 2022, and, as widely expected, requested additional US military assistance for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also asked for the US to create a no-fly zone over some portion, or potentially all, of Ukraine. “Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death […]

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