Souveraineté sans puissance ?: Les illusions économiques de l’Alliance des États du Sahel après la rupture avec la CEDEAO

Breaking with ECOWAS in the name of proclaimed sovereignty, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has embarked on an economic headlong rush—without a plan, without institutions, without leverage. Drawing on compelling evidence, the author exposes the imposture of a poorly prepared project dominated by military rhetoric and fiscal improvisation.Through rigorous analysis, he highlights the logistical, monetary, and industrial dead ends of a fantasized autonomy. Yet he also outlines alternatives: a transition toward a hybrid currency, a new institutional architecture, and urgent, credible socio-economic reforms. This is not a reassuring book—it is a warning. And its conclusion is clear: without power, sovereignty is nothing more than an empty word.