 How and why Boko Haram blossomed: examining the fatal consequences of treating a purposive terrorist organisation as less soSurulola James Eke Defense & Security Analysis, 2015, vol. 31, issue 4, 319-329 Abstract: Boko Haram (BH) is an insurgent group that operates mainly in northeastern Nigeria. Its stated aim is to establish an Islamic state, and it employs terrorism as its strategy. Earlier interests of security analysts centred on the drivers of BH uprising and the possibility of its internationalisation. Today's concerns relate more to why the rebellion has lasted this long. In toeing the same line, this article demonstrates that BH is a purposive terror group against which the government has evolved no viable strategy. It examines some gains of BH over the past six years and how it benefitted from the government's underestimation of its capacity and determination. It concludes that to effectively engage BH, the Nigerian government must revaluate its threat and sincerely pursue an expanded strategy beyond the current military-centric approach. To be effective, government's response must be packaged in such a way as to enhance human security in the region. Date: 2015 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:cdanxx:v:31:y:2015:i:4:p:319-329 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2015.1087102 Access Statistics for this article Defense & Security Analysis is currently edited by Martin Edmonds More articles in Defense & Security Analysis from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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