Securitizing the Sahel
Analyzing External Interventions and Their Consequences
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Securitizing the Sahel examines the extensive security force assistance (SFA) provided to local military, police, and paramilitary forces by external actors.
It critically examines the rationale, implementation, and consequences of these efforts (2012-2024).
With unique access to both military operations and strategy-making in European capitals, the author provides an innovative methodological approach, exclusive material, and a comprehensive perspective.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork, including participant observation of military operations and over 100 interviews with policymakers, military personnel, and security practitioners across the Sahel and Europe, this book offers an unprecedented analysis of how SFA has shaped local security dynamics and broader geopolitical competition.
It critically examines the rationale, implementation, and consequences of these efforts (2012-2024).
With unique access to both military operations and strategy-making in European capitals, the author provides an innovative methodological approach, exclusive material, and a comprehensive perspective.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork, including participant observation of military operations and over 100 interviews with policymakers, military personnel, and security practitioners across the Sahel and Europe, this book offers an unprecedented analysis of how SFA has shaped local security dynamics and broader geopolitical competition.
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Nina Wilen
Nina Wilén, "Securitizing the Sahel: Analyzing External Interventions and Their Consequences" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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