Our analysis raises important questions for the academic fields of international relations and
security studies, especially in light of the fact that the US Department of Defense (DoD) paid …

La récente percée de mouvements djihadistes en Afrique de l'Ouest a surpris les
observateurs. La propagation de cette idéologie, leur facilité de recrutement au sein des …

This essay argues that Nigeria's continued democratization is crucial to limiting the appeal of
and damage caused by insurgencies such as the Islamist movement commonly known as …

The aim of this research is to analyze the local plausibility of religious claims to truth in Boko
Haram's ideology. As global jihadi organizations continue to operate under-ground in the …

The inadequacies of exclusive military action: Countering Boko Haram’s terrorism with
alternative approaches Page 27 26 The Inadequacies of Exclusive Military Action: Countering …

The north of Nigeria with its peculiarity for religious fragmentation and dissidence has seen
perennial emergence of terrorist and insurgent groups. Appropriated together with …

This chapter analyses the Boko Haram insurgency, detailing its evolution, mode of
recruitment, claims to truth, ideology, sources of funding, sustaining ideals, and …

One of the most important, if not the most important, determinant of demographics is the
character of male/female relations within a given society. Until and unless artificial …

For over five decades, the quest for democratic governance in the West African sub-region
has been punctuated by coup d'états, the proliferationof illicit small arms and light weapons …

One of the most fundamental problems currently facing the Nigerian State is how to
permanently tackle the menace of Boko Haram insurgency and its crippling effects on the …