NATO looks south: Why Africa, the Mediterranean and Middle East are becoming the alliance’s next strategic front
For most of the period since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO’s strategic geography has appeared overwhelmingly eastern. Poland, the read more NATO looks south: Why Africa, the Mediterranean and Middle East…
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21 Sept 2026, 06:30 WAT · 3 min read

For most of the period since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO’s strategic geography has appeared overwhelmingly eastern. Poland, the read more NATO looks south: Why Africa, the Mediterranean and Middle East…
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