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Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Journal Article
Feb 26, 2024
While safe areas are intuitively attractive, their effectiveness depends on the resources and resolve of the implementing forces, rules of engagement, and geography.
Research Brief
Jun 28, 2019
African-led missions are often the peacekeepers of last resort, taking on tasks rejected by others. Two of the six African operations examined helped set a relatively peaceful trajectory. Three of the missions contributed to improving security.
Report
What have the peacekeeping missions undertaken by African institutions in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Darfur, the Comoros, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin achieved?
Project
Nov 5, 2018
The spread of social media in Africa has brought many economic and political benefits, while also equipping terrorist groups with a tool for recruitment and propaganda. Researchers examined the links between social media use and online radicalisation in six African countries, drawing on primary Twitter data analysis.
Commentary
Feb 19, 2018
Since its founding, the Islamic State has consistently expanded and contracted in order to achieve its objectives. To discern how ISIS might continue to expand, it makes sense to trace Al Qaeda's trajectory, which followed a similar pattern in the 2000s.
Oct 30, 2017
In the wake of the deaths of four U.S. servicemen in Niger, Americans are embroiled in a pointless political squabble. The focus should be on developing a greater understanding of the risks and benefits of U.S. counterterrorism operations abroad.
Mar 13, 2017
Provides a historical analysis of how militaries have deployed light and mechanized infantry with armored forces during close urban combat, to identify the comparative advantages and costs of this warfighting approach and lessons learned.
News Release
Sep 13, 2016
Efforts to weaken the al Qa'ida-linked terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia have had some success, but the U.S. campaign there is in jeopardy. Urgent steps are needed to address the political, economic, and governance challenges at the heart of the conflict.
يدرس هذا التقرير حملة الولايات المتحدة وحلفائها ضد حركة الشباب الإرهابية في الصومال المرتبطة بتنظيم القاعدة، ويتطرّق إلى الخطوات الأنجع التي تم اتخاذها لمكافحة تلك الحركة، كما يقدّم توصيات قابلة للتطبيق. ويستنتج التقرير أنّه بالرغم من ضعف الحركة وخصوصًا في الفترة الممتدة من العام 2011 إلى 2016 ، فلا تزال قادرة على الارتداد والتعافي سريعًا ما لم يتم اتخاذ الخطوات العاجلة، في خضم الصراع، لمواجهة التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والإدارية.
This study examines the counterterrorism and counterinsurgency campaign against al Shabaab in Somalia. It concludes that, while al Shabaab was weakened between 2011 and 2016, it could resurge if urgent steps are not taken to address key challenges.
Jul 1, 2015
Worldwide, nearly 800 women die every day due to mostly preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. More than half of these deaths occur in fragile states torn by armed conflict and generalized violence.
Apr 10, 2015
The collaborative role being played by the United States and Djibouti represents the kind of partnerships that are now required in the battle against terrorism, because little-known places like Djibouti are one arena where the battle could be won or lost.
