Rethinking the UK in Mali: It’s Time to Look Elsewhere
Two years ago for Wavell Room I wrote about why the United Kingdom’s deployments to Mali in support of the United Nation’s Mission there (MINUSMA)...
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Mercenaries in Modern Peacekeeping: Wagner Group in Mali
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) offers a case study demonstrating the negative influence mercenary groups have on modern peacekeeping operations. This...
Why are British troops in Mali and what are they doing?
Editor’s note: this piece has been written by the current Commanding Officer of the UK Long Range Reconnaissance Group deployed in Mali. The UK’s three-hundred...
When should the MOD use Social Media?
The British Army has had its first ‘troops in combat’ TIC incident since the end of operations in Afghanistan. During patrols in Mali, British troops...
Mali: An Alternative View
The British operation in support of the UN in Mali, Op Newcombe, has received relatively limited media attention in the UK. Particularly in contrast to...