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Dr Andreas Krieg
@andreas_krieg
Author - Asso Prof @KingsCollegeLon @ComdtRCDS - Fellow @KingsMiddleEast - CEO of @MENAanalytica Interests: MENA, Gulf, Network-centric statecraft
Dec 29, 2024 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
The greatest threat to #Syria’s socio-political transition are #subversion campaigns trying to sow discord, polarize and mobilize the public via weaponized narratives

🧵A thread on the external information warriors wanting to see #HTS fail in building a national consensus 1/ Image #Subversion relies on different levels of orchestration and mobilization, starting from online discourse, spilling into the physical domain where riots break out, ultimately altering attitudes and behaviours on the ground, affecting policy 2/ Image
Apr 21, 2023 • 13 tweets • 16 min read
Looking at the networks that support #Hemedti in #Sudan, an interesting carousel emerges with the #UAE in the middle

Network-centric statecraft at its best, involving #Libya, #Wagner and the War in #Yemen Image 2) starting with the #UAE's direct networks to #Sudan & the #RSF, Abu Dhabi has set up a well-oiled network of companies and financial institutions to support #Hemedti to bring gold to market and manage personal finances
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/c…
Apr 19, 2023 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Abu Dhabi has significant leverage over Hemedti

"With the sending of mercenaries to Yemen and the financial manna of gold smuggling for the #UAE, #Hemetti also became one of the richest and most powerful men in the country." #Sudan
rfi.fr/fr/afrique/202… The #UAE have used their role as a regional hub to build broad networks in #Sudan making it an indispensable facilitator for the #RSF
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/c…
Feb 20, 2021 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
"The #UAE was the most likely foreign funder of the mercenary operation of #ErikPrince...The report points out that the mercenaries had offices, bank accounts and shell companies in the Emirates."
nytimes.com/2021/02/19/wor… "#MBZ has longstanding ties to Prince and is probably #Haftar's most important foreign backer...Last year, the #UAE poured tons of weapons into Libya in blatant disregard for the arms embargo..." - Abu Dhabi has still not responded to the #UN Report
Feb 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
There are a lot inaccuracies in here: the reason for contract soldiering in the #Gulf #GCC is NOT building a force that is more dispensable, or willing to take up arms against citizens - the primary reason is lack of indigenous capacity
carnegie-mec.org/2020/02/05/for… Staffing a military with just 300,000 nationals in #Qatar or 1,300,000 in the #UAE is impossible - plus the parallel militaries (Emiri Guard, Presidential Guard, National Guard) there to protect the state are always staffed with nationals NOT foreigners