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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453141303321

Titolo

Perilous desert [[electronic resource] ] : insecurity in the Sahara / / Frederic Wehrey and Anouar Boukhars, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [2013]

ISBN

1-299-44855-0

0-87003-405-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WehreyFrederic M

BoukharsAnouar

Disciplina

355/.033066

Soggetti

Security, International - Sahara

Security, International - Sahel

National security - Sahara

National security - Sahel

Electronic books.

Sahara Politics and government

Sahel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Marwan Muasher -- Introduction / Frederic Wehrey -- The struggle for security in east Libya / Frederic Wehrey -- Borderline chaos? stabilizing Libya's periphery / Peter Cole -- Organized crime and conflict in the Sahel-Sahara region / Wolfram Lacher -- The paranoid neighbor: Algeria and the conflict in Mali / Anouar Boukhars -- The drivers of insecurity in Mauritania / Anouar Boukhars -- Mauritania's Islamists / Alex Thurston -- Simmering discontent in the western Sahara / Anouar Boukhars.

Sommario/riassunto

The geopolitical significance of the Sahara is becoming painfully clear. Islamist militant groups and transnational criminal networks are operating in the region's most fragile states, exploiting widespread corruption, weak government capacity, crushing poverty, and entrenched social and ethnic tensions. The unrest spills over borders and aggravates protracted regional crises. This insecurity raises urgent



concerns for the broader Sahara and the West.  Perilous Desert details the sources of instability and what can be done to minimize the threat of simmering conflicts.L