The Royal United Services Institute published on 9 September 2020 an analysis titled "Russia Takes Its Syrian Model of Counterinsurgency to Africa" by Samuel Ramani, University of Oxford.
Since Russia embarked on its military intervention in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2015, the Kremlin has advertised its "Syrian model" of counterinsurgency to African countries facing political violence. The Syrian model emphasizes state-to-state cooperation between Russia and African governments and presents authoritarian stability as the most effective antidote to extremism.
