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ID171810
Title ProperPopulation-Centric Counterinsurgency in the Age of Salafi-Driven Insurgencies
LanguageENG
AuthorEke, Surulola
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article explores the relevance of the dominant, population-centered, counterinsurgency doctrine in an era dominated by Salafi-inspired state challengers. Building on Weinstein's (2007) argument, I argue that an insurgent group's emergent nature, shaped by its origin, affects how it will operate and the kind of strategy most likely to defeat it. I investigate the plausibility of my claims through an examination of Boko Haram. I demonstrate the disconnect between Boko Haram's Salafi ideology and its objective of establishing a caliphate, on the one hand, and the strategy of dialogue and socioeconomic reforms to end the insurgency, on the other. In light of this disjuncture, I argue that the key to Boko Haram's defeat lies in the mobilization of international military and intelligence resources to strengthen the Nigerian government's enemy-centered counterinsurgency operation against the group.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Global security Studies Vol. 5, No.1; Jan 2020: p.196–215
Journal SourceJournal of Global security Studies Vol: 5 No 1
Key WordsCounterinsurgency ;  Insurgency ;  Nigeria ;  Salafi-Jihadism ;  Boko Haram ;  Theory of Insurgent Violence


 
 
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