The crucial case of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. In this article, PREVEX-researcher Luca Raineri argues that while jihadism appears to be on the rise in Africa, the explanations of violent extremist groups’ capacity to foment jihadi...
The Jihadist movement and the Hirak in Algeria
In this paper in the French journal Sécurité Globale, PREVEX researcher Djallil Lounnas, drawing on interviews conducted in June 2019 in Algeria, explores how the AQIM in Algeria reacted to the Hirak and actually did not manage to benefit...
When the dust settles: the death of AQIM-leader Droukdel
Research papers from PREVEX researchers analyse the implications of the French killing of AQIM leader Droukdel on violent extremism in North Africa and the Sahel When the dust settles: what will Droukdel’s death mean for the jihadist project in North...
The Failed Ideological Hybridization of the Islamic State
How did shadow competition between the Islamic State’s (IS) various radical ideological factions lead the organization into an open and extremely violent internal war? n this article, PREVEX researcher Djallil Lounnas analyses the origins and ideological foundations of the...
Uncertain future for UN peacekeeping operations
By Morten Bøås/NUPI. This article was first published in Norwegian by Forsvarets Forum, 25 March 2020. As UN peacekeeping faces a major budget crisis, fewer countries may be willing to send soldiers abroad. This will have implications for the...