Browsing NUPI Research Online by Subject "Terrorism"
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Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, an African response to insecurity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article contends that Ad-hoc Security Initiatives (ASI) have developed over the last decade in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin and represents a new form of African collective security mechanism. The G5 Sahel Force and ... -
Rhetorique politique du terrorisme
(NUPI notat;439, Report, 1990-11)- Le terrorisme comme forme de communication: Des groupes marginaux recourent de manière spectaculaire à la force, pour obtenir de la part des médias la plus grande couverture possible. Il s'agit de faire passer un message ... -
Should I stay or should I go? Security considerations for members leaving al-Shabaab in Somalia
(NUPI Policy Brief;2019-04, Research report, 2019)The Somali jihadi organization al-Shabaab, yet again featured in the news internationally when they attacked a business and hotel complex in Nairobi 15 January this year. This is not the first time the group carries out ... -
Strategic cooperation against terrorism 2.0? Collaborating with adversaries. 2:2
(NUPI Policy Brief;2016-38, Research report, 2016)In October 2016, international media reported that the Russia– US diplomatic dialogue over Syria had collapsed, with both sides holding the other party to blame. While the US State Department observed that ‘everybody’s ... -
Strategic cooperation against terrorism 2.0? Russia's initial positions on Syria. 1:2
(NUPI Policy Brief;2016-37, Research report, 2016)This project examines the prospects for Russia-Western practical cooperation against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and, more broadly, for a rapprochement between Russia, NATO and key NATO member states post-Crimea. The ... -
Sunnism, Salafism, Sheikism: Urban Pathways of Resistance in Sidon, Lebanon
(HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)This brief analyses Salafism as an urban phenomenon, with an emphasis on the contentious period following the Syrian uprising turned civil war (2011–present). To understand Salafism’s popular appeal, it is necessary to ... -
To engage or not engage? Libyan Salafis and state institutions
(HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)At the beginning of the recent escalation of hostilities in Libya in April 2019, one of the key questions posed was what role, if any, quietist Salafis would play. Followers of this trend have grown significantly in influence ... -
UN Peace Operations, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism
(Chapter, 2019)There are practical and financial reasons to give UN peace operations more robust mandates and mitigate and respond to violent extremism and terrorism. But the idea of UN peacekeepers conducting counter-terrorism operations ... -
United Nations Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order
(Book, 2019)This edited volume generates a discussion about UN approaches to peace by studying challenges and opportunities that the organisation is facing in the 21st century. We use some of the findings from the HIPPO report as an ... -
‘Violent Extremism’ in the Lake Chad Basin : Understanding the Drivers of the Boko Haram Insurgency.
(NUPI Report;, Research report, 2017)By providing an analysis of the historic dynamics of the Lake Chad Basin region and the common challenges that Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria face, this brief deconstructs common narratives around ‘violent extremism’ ...