Mali
France
Other
Disinformation Campaigns
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Diplomatic Coercion
Government Destabilization
Diplomatic Expulsion
Retaliatory Detention
Legal Weaponization
Mali Pardons French Embassy Staffer Convicted of Coup Plot in Documented Diplomatic Coercion Architecture
Malian transitional government's calculated pardon and expulsion of French national illustrates hybrid legal-diplomatic pressure as foreign interference tool.