While waiting for a few articles to come out in the coming weeks (a couple on Libya, something on (in)security in North Africa, and one on Italy as well), I have recently focused my attention on two major streams of research: the future of the Mediterranean and the connections between economy, terrorism and sub-state groups … Continue reading The Future of the Mediterranean
Tag: Terrorism
The Italian exception and the evolution of Jihadism in the Mediterranean
As everyone working in the Academia knows, trying to write during the teaching semester is always somewhat challenging. Indeed, I have not managed to write as much as hoped during the past few months. However, I have still managed to finish - and publish - a few works. My most recent article deals with "the … Continue reading The Italian exception and the evolution of Jihadism in the Mediterranean
AQIM at 10 and other works
Greetings from Tunis, where I am spending a few months to do some research before returning to my Fall teaching routine. At the moment, I am working on a few, rather diverse projects, and I hope I can give you some more updates very soon. In the meantime, I have published a few works for … Continue reading AQIM at 10 and other works
North African Jihadism and the Post-Mali Conflict Environment
I actually don't have time to focus on my blog (people who know me have a clue why). However, two weeks ago I published another piece with the Jamestown Foundation on the directions in North African Jihadism in the post-Mali conflict environment: The French-led intervention in Mali changed the strategic environment of the region. For AQIM … Continue reading North African Jihadism and the Post-Mali Conflict Environment
Mali, Foreign Intervention, Algeria
My latest article for the Jamestown Foundation: The attack on the gas facility at In Amenas highlighted two major problems that will rise to the top of the Algerian government’s policy agenda over the next few weeks: Although Algeria is the strongest of the states of the Maghreb/Sahel region, the length of its borders and … Continue reading Mali, Foreign Intervention, Algeria
