Inside Russia’s New Coup Program and the Neo Cold War

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Coups and coup attempts appear to be on the rise: Burkina Faso four times in less than three years, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone twice, Gabon, Niger, the DRC, Kyrgyzstan, and Peru. This is not a coincidence. Rather, it is a natural extension of recent changes in the geopolitical system. This video explores how superpower competition during the Cold War dictated coup incentives in aid-dependent countries, how that changed in the post-Cold War years, and why a shift to a Neo Cold War might make things return to the way they once were.

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0:00 A Coup Renaissance?
4:08 Aid Dependency and Coup Dynamics
5:47 How Coups Worked during the Cold War
7:14 When the Aid Funds Dried Up
8:47 How Coups Worked Post-Cold War
10:41 Changes in Coup Frequencies
13:45 Is a New Era of Coups upon Us?
16:35 The West's New Dilemma

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