Sovereignty without power?

Souveraineté sans puissance ?

Etienne Fakaba Sissoko ()
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Etienne Fakaba Sissoko: Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako, CRAPES MALI - Centre de Recherche et d'Analyses Politiques, Economiques et Sociales du Mali, Faculté des Sciences économiques et de Gestion - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Hybrid currency; Sahel political economy.; Institutional architecture; Fiscal sovereignty; Budgetary fragility; Geoeconomics; Political rupture; Strategic autonomy; Industrial constraints; Logistical dependency; Monetary transition; Regional integration; ECOWAS; Alliance of Sahel States; Economic governance; Sovereignty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-01-28
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Published in 2026, 978-2-336-58892-6

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