Jihadist groups are often analysed either by looking at their global rhetoric, or by focusing on
local grievances. Despite the distinctions made between the global and the local issues …

This article contends that the appropriation, cooptation and creation of resources was a key
element for the jihadist success during the 2012 Tuareg uprising in Mali. Based on the …

In 2005, I co-wrote and edited a book entitled New Directions in Military Sociology (Ouellet,
2005). This book brought together several authors who wanted to broaden the horizons of …

Network analysis has attracted significant attention when researching the phenomenon of
transnational terrorism, particularly Al Qaeda. While many scholars have made valuable …

This book applies strategic culture concepts to violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in a
comparative analysis. In recent years, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has become …

Military Mission Formations and Hybrid Wars; New Sociological Perspectives Page 1 Military
Mission Formations and Hybrid Wars This volume explores and develops new social-scientific …

In recent decades, NATO member states have been involved in military interventions that
were a direct reaction to terrorist attacks–for instance the case of Afghanistan in the …

Este artículo ofrece un análisis descriptivo comparado sobre la incidencia del terrorismo de
inspiración yihadista en Estados Unidos y Europa Occidental, basándose en una muestra …

The Arab uprisings' failure to bring about either the scale or type of political change in the
Maghreb that it initially seemed to promise belies the significance of its impact on the region …

This chapter revisits the more generic problems with military sociology that were highlighted
in 2005 and uses them as a template to assess what would constitute a desirable change to …