This volume provides a systematic and cross-regional analysis of radicalisation, militancy and violence in West Africa, and addresses the implications of these developments in terms of both intra-national and international security.

A number of considerations demand attention to the rise of radicalisation and violence in West Africa. First, the decades of conflicts and instability in the region have made it vulnerable to all forms of cross-border instability. Second, the region has become important in global resource politics, with the United States confirming that a quarter of its oil...