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Perennial al-Shabaab: A Case for International Intervention Against Domestic Failures

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  al-Shabaab fighters outside of Somalia. Source: sahistory.org. About the author: Sam Hanson is a certified intelligence analyst and a student of International Relations and Economics at Pitzer College (United States). His research interests include intelligence commonization, international security, East Asian geopolitical relations, cross-border terrorism, and astropolitics. Hanson is currently a fellow at the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies and also holds a position as course advisor at ALCON Intelligence Ltd. BLUF ·           al-Shabaab's entrenchment in Somalia persists due to a convergence of ideological absolutism, state fragility, and transnational network support that no unilateral domestic solution can adequately address.   ·             An unexplored but viable path forward lies in formally classifying the group's conduct as Crimes Against Humanity u...
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Framing Conflict: The Sahel's Video Propaganda Game

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WARNING: THIS BLOG CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND CONTENT SOME MAY FIND DISTURBING. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.                                                         The Sahel is a noteworthy case study in the use of videos for propaganda by armed groups. Certain parts of the region are information-poor and internet connectivity in many parts of the Sahel is limited or completely inaccessible. This means that any information coming from the region, such as for example from the deserts of Agadez in Niger, is enticing and usually grabs the viewer's attention simply for being somewhat unusual and interesting.  Video propaganda is therefore used by different kinds of players in the Sahel, such as armed political groups and terrorist organisations. Videos are highly effective for propaganda because vi...
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