Review – Ordering Violence
Paul Staniland analyses the factors influencing government responses to armed groups, but sometimes fails to consider the complexity of motivations behind such responses.
Review – Mobility, Mobilization, and Counter/Insurgency
Agbiboa presents a paradigm that highlights the overlooked role played by mobilities and provides an important contribution for policymakers and researchers of conflict.
Interview – Adeoti Dipeolu
Adeoti Dipeolu discusses the importance of Black History Month, her current PhD research and diaspora involvement in peacebuilding and state-building.
Lake Chad: A Climate of Fragility
Any future interventions in and around Lake Chad will have to be mindful of its particular climate-fragility and these trends that are likely to shape its future.
Review – Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Africa
A valuable title that dissects and analyzes the complex phenomenon that is African terrorism and explains how certain state responses have been counter-productive.
Review – Boko Haram
This well-informed book explains the colonial legacy that shaped Boko Haram’s historical rise, what divides North and South Nigeria and Boko Haram’s impact on Africa.
Review – Militancy and Violence in West Africa
This tome convincingly shows how we must see violent extremism as a political and social phenomenon whose religious and regional variations are easily misunderstood.
The Responses of the Nigerian Defense and Intelligence Establishments to the Boko Haram Security Challenge
Nigeria is sliding into anarchy on account of the Boko Haram insurgency as the defense and intelligence establishments seem to be losing their grip on the security challenge.
Boko Haram and the Isolation of Northern Nigeria
The challenges posed by Boko Haram are emblematic of an emerging security paradigm in Africa where local grievances are fused with international ideology, funding, and technology.
U.S Congress and Boko Haram
It is imperative that Congress maintains its careful attention to the rise of Boko Haram and takes all steps in its power to prevent an attack on American interests abroad or the US Homeland.
