Shapeshifter of Somalia: Evolution of the Political Territoriality of Al-Shabaab

Bohumil Doboš

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2016, vol. 27, issue 5, 937-957

Abstract: The article presents the application of a concept of political territoriality in the case of Al-Shabaab. It first presents territoriality as a human strategy based on control of territory. Hereinafter, the set of criteria for the examination of political territoriality is presented. It concludes that given the development of Al-Shabaab, we can identify three distinct periods connected to the ′organization’s relation to territory: 2006–2008 – defiance; 2009–2011 – supremacy; and 2012–present – withdrawal. The issue of the deterritorialization of Al-Shabaab since 2012 is also connected to the need to enhance the strategies used against the group as it is becoming more connected to population and functional identification than territory.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2016.1208282

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