Guest: Rob AshlarRecorded: January 28, 2025
We talk to researcher Rob Ashlar about the social-political roots of the jihadist insurgencies in the Sahel, which have only grown and spread with each failed counter-insurgency effort.
Glossary:JNIM: Al Qaeda franchise and most powerful jihadist group in the SahelAQIM (Al Qaeda in the Maghreb): Algeria-based Al Qaeda hq-like branch that works closely with JNIMKouffa, Amadou: De facto leader of JNIM, formally #2ISGS (Islamic State in the Greater Sahara): IS branch operating in southwest Niger and southeast MaliISWA (Islamic State in West Africa): IS branch operating in Chadian basin in northeast Nigeria
Check out Rob's newsletter "For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN"Previous episodes with Rob Ashlar:*RWN #435: IS-KP's Friends in US-Occupied Afghanistan*RWN #458, #459: Origins of the Iraqi Insurgency, 2003-5
Total time: 1:32:59Direct link to this episode's mp3 here
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We talk to researcher Rob Ashlar about the social-political roots of the jihadist insurgencies in the Sahel, which have only grown and spread with each failed counter-insurgency effort.
Glossary:JNIM: Al Qaeda franchise and most powerful jihadist group in the SahelAQIM (Al Qaeda in the Maghreb): Algeria-based Al Qaeda hq-like branch that works closely with JNIMKouffa, Amadou: De facto leader of JNIM, formally #2ISGS (Islamic State in the Greater Sahara): IS branch operating in southwest Niger and southeast MaliISWA (Islamic State in West Africa): IS branch operating in Chadian basin in northeast Nigeria
Check out Rob's newsletter "For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN"Previous episodes with Rob Ashlar:*RWN #435: IS-KP's Friends in US-Occupied Afghanistan*RWN #458, #459: Origins of the Iraqi Insurgency, 2003-5
Total time: 1:32:59Direct link to this episode's mp3 here
*
Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd
Sound production by Telescope Audio
Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here!
Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World
