Africa, which was not long ago discarded as a hopeless and irrelevant region, has become a
new'frontier'for global trade, investment and the conduct of international relations. This book …

Boko Haram currently poses existential threats to the Nigerian state and its citizens. But
defeating the group has proved very challenging for the Nigerian government. This is partly …

This article explores a neglected question in ongoing debates about counter-terrorism efforts
in Nigeria: How is Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy discursively framed? The article …

The discourse on security challenges in Nigeria has generated much scholarly insight. What
is yet to be sufficiently interrogated is the place of forests in the problem. Situating the …

We study the effects of terrorism on political trust and national versus ethnic identification.
Making use of unexpected attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, which …

The wave of terrorism in the Lake Chad region has generated collective reactions from the
affected state actors. It apparently prompted the revivification of the Multinational Joint Task …

Abstract At present, the Boko Haram terrorism marks a major threat to the survival of Nigeria.
Since the beginning of Boko Haram's terrorist activities in 2009, a body of literature is …

Boko Haram insurgency has presented a peculiar theatre of unconventional warfare. The
combat dynamics of the belligerents have oscillated between the asymmetries of hard and …

The rising trend of kidnapping targeting women has shown that counterinsurgency does not
begin and end with the strategic advantage of state security providers in the security market …

The causes and consequences of the Boko Haram insurgency as well as its possible
solutions have been subjected to different interpretations among scholars, politicians, and …