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Terrorism and Political Contention

New Perspectives on North Africa and the Sahel Region

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Editors:
  1. János Besenyő

    1. Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary

  2. Leonid Issaev

    1. Center for Risks and Stability Analysis, HSE University, Moscow, Russia

  3. Andrey Korotayev

    1. Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis, HSE University, Moscow, Russia

  • Illustrates organizational forms of terrorism in the MENA and Sahel regions
  • Examines the influence and motives of great powers and external actors
  • Highlights the impact of the war in Ukraine

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Against the backdrop of terrorist activity and the emergence of new conflicts in the MENA region, this book identifies factors of political contestation and analyzes organizational forms and dynamics of terrorism and conflict in North Africa and the Sahel. Written by an international selection of authors from different fields, the book covers topics such as the radicalization of terrorist organizations operating in the region, the financing of terrorism, the role of migration, the radicalization of women, the influence and motives of great powers and external factors such as France in the region, and the impact of the war in Ukraine. The book appeals to scholars and students of politics and international relations as well as African and Middle Eastern studies.



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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Terrorism and Political Contention in North Africa and the Sahel Region

    • János Besenyő, Leonid Issaev, Andrey Korotayev
    Pages 1-17

  3. Terrorism and Political Contention in North Africa and the Sahel Region: Factors, Patterns, Regularities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Migration and Terrorism in North Africa

      • Viktor Glied
      Pages 21-42

    3. Terrorist Financing from North Africa to the Sahel Region: Exhaustible or Inexhaustible Stream?

      • Szabolcs Pásztor
      Pages 43-61

    4. Female Vulnerabilities for Terrorist Activities in the Sahel Zone

      • Nina Käsehage
      Pages 63-75

    5. “Chasse Gardée” or “Faubourg”? Politico-Military Interventions of France in the Sahel Region

      • András István Türke
      Pages 77-105

    6. The Ukrainian Conflict’s Impact on the Prevailing Causes of Radicalization in North Africa

      • János Besenyő
      Pages 107-132

    7. Coupvolution as a Mechanism of Regime Change in the Sahel

      • Egor Fain, Leonid Issaev, Andrey Korotayev
      Pages 133-150

  4. Country Particularities of Terrorism and Political Contention in the Region

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Mali: Safe Heaven to Terrorist?

      • János Besenyő, Andrea Hanna Sólyomfi
      Pages 153-167

    3. Revolutionary History of Niger: From Independence to 2023 Coup

      • Andrey Korotayev, Leonid Issaev, Anna Ilyina, Julia Zinkina, Elena Voronina
      Pages 169-194

    4. Terrorism and Chad: Ethnicism, Mismanagement, and Great Power Influence

      • David Vogel
      Pages 195-270

    5. Conflict in Guinea: Roots of Guinean Conflict from the Perspective of “Greed Versus Grievance” Theory

      • Mirela Atanasiu
      Pages 271-286

    6. Terrorism in Nigeria: National Peculiarities and International Linkages

      • Sergey V. Kostelyanets, Tatyana S. Denisova
      Pages 287-300

    7. The Role of Women’s Participation in Effective Decision-Making in Politics at the Local Level: The Experience of Ghana

      • Micah Zing, Alisa Shishkina
      Pages 301-318

    8. The Role of External Actors in Decentralization and Strengthening Islamist Radicalism in Libya

      • Natalia Zherlitsyna
      Pages 319-332

    9. The Shifting Sands in the Peace Process in South Sudan: Challenges and Prospects for a New Approach

      • Moses B. Khanyile
      Pages 333-348

    10. Revolutionary and Quasi-Revolutionary Events in Somalia (1960–2023)

      • Andrey Korotayev, Elena Voronina
      Pages 349-400

    11. The Role of the Amniyat in Enforcing the Mandate of the Leadership and Silencing Dissent in Somalia

      • János Besenyő, Gábor Sinkó
      Pages 401-418
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary

    János Besenyő

  • Center for Risks and Stability Analysis, HSE University, Moscow, Russia

    Leonid Issaev

  • Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis, HSE University, Moscow, Russia

    Andrey Korotayev

About the editors



János Besenyő is a full professor in the Óbuda University, Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering (Hungary) and head of the Africa Research Institute. Between 1987 and 2018, he served as a professional soldier and served in several peace operations in Africa and Afghanistan. He received a PhD in military science from Zrínyi Miklós National Defense University (Hungary) and he received a habilitated doctorate at Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary). In 2014, he established the Scientific Research Centre of the Hungarian Defence Forces General Staff, and was its first leader from 2014 to 2018. His most recent publication is Conflict and Peace in Western Sahara: The Role of the UN's Peacekeeping Mission (MINURSO).

Leonid Issaev is an associate professor at the Department of Political Science and International Affairs and the vice director of the Center for Stability and Risks Analysis at the HSE University (Russia), and senior research fellow at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Andrey Korotayev is the Director of the Center for Stability and Risks Analysis of the HSE University (Russia), the senior research professor of the Oriental Institute and Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, the senior research professor of the International Laboratory for Political Demography of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and a professor at the Faculty of Global Studies of the Moscow State University.

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