This book provides a contemporary overview of Boko Haram's activities. Since Boko Haram emerged in 2002, media-driven narratives as well as social scientific methodologies have been increasingly applied to draw generalisable conclusions on what goals the groups have pursued, what strategies it has used for these purposes and the counter campaign strategies authorities have pursued. But from 2009 to 2018, Boko Haram has pursued high-intensity violence: assassinations, bombing, kidnappings, beheading or threats of violence, conscriptions and territorial occupation. This makes it imperative to deepen and broaden our understanding of the groups’ activities toward a problem-solving and policy-relevant analysis.
Previously published in Security Journal Volume 33, issue 3, September 2020
Author(s): J. Tochukwu Omenma, Ike E. Onyishi, Aloysius-Michaels Okolie
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 183
City: Cham
Contents
A decade of Boko Haram activities: the attacks, responses and challenges ahead
Introduction
Where does Boko Haram belong?
Spiral of violence: incidents, fatalities (death) and injuries
Government response
Special issue: specific findings and concluding argument
References
Correction to: A decade of Boko Haram activities: the attacks, responses and challenges ahead
Correction to: Security Journal https:doi.org10.1057s41284-020-00231-9
A decade of terror: revisiting Nigeria’s interminable Boko Haram insurgency
Abstract
Introduction
Revisiting Boko Haram’s decade of terror (2009–2019)
The Al-Qaeda, AQIM, and the ISWAP factor
A poorly motivated, underfunded, and under-equipped military
Conclusion
References
Boko Haram insurgency: a decade of dynamic evolution and struggle for a caliphate
Abstract
Introduction
Methodological issues
Terrorist organisations: the territorial and de-territorial debates
Boko Haram: does territory matter?
The Kannama village under Mallam Yusuf Mohammed
The Gwoza Caliphate under Abubakar Shekau
The Caliphate of West Africa Province under Abu Musab al-Barnawi
A reality or myth: the Islamic Caliphate agenda in West Africa
Government response
Conclusion
References
Counterinsurgency operations of the Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgency: expounding the viscid manacle
Abstract
Introduction
Counterinsurgency operations: a theoretical discourse
Methodology
Budgetary provisions and expenditure for security and defence in Nigeria
Deficit in the military-led counterinsurgency
Strategic level of counterinsurgency operations
Operational level of counterinsurgency
Tactical level of counterinsurgency operations
Conclusion
References
Mathematical approach to the analysis of terrorism dynamics
Abstract
Introduction
The counter-terrorism model
Dynamical system analysis
Results
Discussion of results
Conclusion
References
Boko Haram, pro-synergic conditions and community involvement in counterinsurgency
Abstract
Introduction
Boko Haram: its emergency, operations and impacts
Community involvement in counterinsurgency
Understanding the integrative model of counterinsurgency
Methods
Sampling and design
Instruments
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Interagency collaboration and the management of counter-insurgency campaigns against Boko Haram in Nigeria
Abstract
Introduction
Study design and method
Literature review and theoretical issues
Theoretical framework
Nature, triggers, and impact of interagency collaboration in a counter-insurgency operation
Nature and triggers of interagency collaboration
Impact analysis of interagency collaboration on the counter-insurgency campaigns
Conclusion
References
Non-military approach against terrorism in Nigeria: deradicalization strategies and challenges in countering Boko Haram
Abstract
Introduction
Radicalization and deradicalization: a conceptual analysis
Radicalization into Boko Haram
Nigerian context of deradicalization program: operation safe corridor
Limitations and challenges of Nigeria’s deradicalization program
Conclusion
References
Responsibility to protect: external intervention on Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria
Abstract
Introduction
Literature discourse on responsibility to protect
Source: UNDP Report (2018, p. 35)
Revisiting the debate: are terrorists to be engaged?
Politics and continuity of Boko Haram terrorism
Is the Boko Haram situation ripe for external intervention?
Where does external intervention come in?
Beyond military intervention: an alternative approach
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
