exactly
So Algeria is buying 7.5 billion dollars worth of arms from Russia? My first thought: why?
Egypt, who used to be the hegemon of north Africa, is now self-focused and concerned with regime stability and domestic terrorist threats. Libya gave up its WMD program, and Morocco seems to be pursuing a quiet policy of counter-terrorism and modest economic expansion. I suppose Algeria has decided that this is the point to exploit the relative peace in the region and seize the mantle of power. We’ll have to see what the specifics of the deal are, but Algeria becoming a regional deal-breaker in North Africa could be a serious detriment to US policy there, and it could threaten Morocco, one of our allies.
This is something to keep an eye on. To say nothing of the fact that Russia seems to be willing to arm anyone with petrodollars to the teeth in spite of US protests.
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