TY  - RPRT
A1  - St-Pierre, Yan
T1  - Islamic State and Boko Haram: a burgeoning partnership?
T2  - sicherheitspolitik-blog.de
N2  - Part VI of our series on ISIS : "Blogforum 'Kalifat des Terrors: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf den Islamischen Staat".
In 2014, two insurgency organisations stood out by their expansion, success and brutality: The Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram (BH). The former emerged from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and became a major actor in the Middle East, its influence reaching beyond the borders of its self-proclaimed “caliphate”, while the latter spread its violence throughout north-eastern Nigeria, spilling over into Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Because of their still growing success, many wonder about a possible partnership between IS and BH. To this I answer that there is a connection, but no partnership. Currently, any evidence suggesting a partnership is circumstantial at best...
KW  - Boko Haram
KW  - Dabiq
KW  - iraq
KW  - IS
KW  - islamic state
KW  - Islamischer Staat
KW  - Jihadism
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - syria
KW  - terrorism
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/37038
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-370387
UR  - http://www.sicherheitspolitik-blog.de/2015/02/06/islamic-state-and-boko-haram-a-burgeoning-partnership/
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CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -