Algeria’s dispatch of Su-30 Warplanes to Niger reshapes the regional strategic equation

Filed by Elara Myst

 Andrew KorybkoSep 01, 2026 The grand strategic goal that Algeria envisages is accelerating the global systemic transition to multipolarity, but the progress that’s been separately achieved on this in the broader region by Algeria and the Sahelian Alliance is threatened by France, which wants to decelerate and reverse this trend.Algeria dispatched four Su-30 warplanes to the Nigerien capital of Niamey shortly after the failed mutiny there amidst the rapid intensification ...