Chad Navigates Multipolar Disorder. The Perils of Playing Geopolitics for Regime Survival

Megatrends Policy Brief 19, 11.12.2023, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023MTA-PB19

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Deby is seizing the multipolar disorder as an opportunity to consolidate his power. By capitalizing on Chad's status as one of the region’s last remaining partners of Western states, Deby has relied on French military presence as the ultimate deterrent against his overthrow by force. However, cooperation with the UAE in channelling military assistance to the RSF in Sudan, poses serious domestic and external risks.

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby ahead of a dinner at Élysée Palace.

© picture alliance / Hans Lucas | Xose Bouzas

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