Though its full impact is unpredictable, the withdrawal of France from Mali will have some likely effects.
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The latest coup now presents a fork in the road for West African, French, and American policymakers.
The Taliban say they won’t allow jihadi groups to flourish under their rule. But there is good reason to believe that al-Qaida, IS and other regional groups will benefit from the takeover.
Resolving jihadist conflicts in the Sahel requires treating jihadists not as terrorists only but also as political actors who seek to provide an alternative form of governance to the status quo.
In the wake of the Christchurch and Auckland attacks, should official definitions of terrorism conflate the actions of a white supremacy extremist and a radical Islamist extremist?
Burkina Faso faces a new terrorist threat. Terrorist groups are now flourishing within its borders.
Declining US involvement in The Horn would leave a vacuum that others can fill.
Only by prosecuting extremists will the world be able to marginalize those who carry out violent acts and those who give credence to their ideas.
The absence of a strong government in Mali
allows jihadists to enter new areas and flourish.
Kenya has done a great deal to prevent and manage terror attacks but there are still many problems that need to be addressed.
The jihadi initiative remains a loose political force in Kenya. This is dangerous for a few reasons.
Herders and farmers are unhappy about the way a corrupt state exploits rural peasants.
Companies, such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft are working together to take down terrorist propaganda.
These attacks do not involve direct contact with terrorists in the Middle East. Instead, individuals already living in the US are learning the “how-tos” of jihad online.
Machine learning isn’t reliable enough yet – and it’s short-sighted to only train this detection tech on jihadi content.
Was the early conception of IS a branching-out of the old Baath party? Or was it, as some argue, completely separate with no connection at all? Reality is probably a bit of a mix of both.
Much of Sinai is almost beyond Egyptian state control altogether.
Just because a group waves the IS flag or claims to be its friend doesn’t mean a global insurgency is underway.
If the US, simply focuses on trying to hunt down jihadist leaders in Niger it will be missing an opportunity to address the underlying causes of violence in the region.
When it comes to Islamist extremism and terrorism, change is a constant.
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Professor of International Relations, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Nottingham
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool
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Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Staffordshire
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter
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Maître de conférences sur les conflits internationaux, University of Kent
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Doctoral candidate in African History, Columbia University
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Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center and Professor of Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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PhD Candidate in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Chercheure spécialiste de l'Irak, professeure en relations internationales, enseignante sur le Moyen-Orient, Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)
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Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Birmingham