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Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?
Written by
Kari M. Osland
Director
Morten Bøås
Research Professor
Henriette Ullavik Erstad
Former employee
Ed.
Summary:
This working paper analyses a broad range of Islamic insurgents, spanning from the Sahel and North Africa to the Middle East, examining the threat that these groups represent on a regional and global scale. We assess their local, regional and global strategies and evaluate the extent to which they make use of Jihadist discourse to further local/regional aims, or whether they are more truly devoted to a global struggle, operationally as well as in discourse and rhetoric. We make use of several analytical dimensions and factors in a way that allows us to develop a threat assessment that seeks to disentangle the local, the regional and the global levels. In doing so, our aim is also to develop a methodological framework that may be used for analytical updates and future research in this region and elsewhere.
- Published year: 2019
- Publisher: Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt
- Page count: 88
- Language: Engelsk
- Booklet: 887
Written by
Kari M. Osland
Director
Morten Bøås
Research Professor
Henriette Ullavik Erstad
Former employee