Liberia: Strategy Over Showmanship – Why Boakai’s Mano River Union (MRU) Visit to Guinea Is a Masterclass in Security

President Joseph Boakai’s decision to attend the MRU meeting in Conakry, despite Guinean military posturing at our borders, is not a weakness in security–it is an exercise of sovereign dominance that he’s a small boy. In the world of high-stakes diplomacy and war, showing up at the table while the other side looks with uncertainty, is the ultimate power move.

It signals that Liberia is neither intimidated by threats of war nor distracted by the “war drums” our overzealous neighbor is beating.