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Roadblock Geographies: A Typology of Extraction, Circulation, and Authority in Conflict
Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract This article develops a typology of roadblock geographies in conflict‐affected borderlands as extractive landscapes. Drawing on transport geography, it identifies how infrastructural variation—footpaths, roads and ports—shapes who extracts rents, how and to what effect.
Peer Schouten
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Conflict in Somalia: Conceptualizing al-Shabaab [PDF]
, 2012 This project is based on a motivation for exploring al-Shabaab. The research question is: how can al-Shabaab be understood in the perspectives of warlordism and state building in a post conflict area.
Kristensen, Klaus Stig +3 more
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LEARNING INSTITUTIONS’ VULNERABILITY TO TERRORISM. AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUE COVERAGE IN NOWADAYS’ MEDIA AND SPECIALISED LITERATURE & A CASE STUDY OF GARISSA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, KENYA [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2015 Terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL), Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda have the knowledge and the capability to strike anywhere in Kenya and with Kenya Defense Forces’ (KDF) incursion into Somalia in mid-October 2011, the ...
Elijah Onyango Standslause ODHIAMBO +2 more
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Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 57-71, Summer 2026.Abstract This article examines Iran's security and defense initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2024 and how they reflect the extraterritorial application of the regime's forward defense doctrine. In response to the long‐term erosion of its homeland defense capabilities since the Iran‐Iraq War of the 1980s—driven by infrastructure ...
Ariel Limanya Limbu, Ronen A. Cohen
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Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2026.Abstract Peace after violent conflict often hinges on reconciliation with persons suspected of having collaborated with an enemy. Receiving communities must refrain from vengeance, lest the cycle of violence renew. Can accused collaborators mitigate past wrongs through attempts at redemption?
Kristen Kao +2 more
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Al-Shabaab’s Somali Safe Havens: A Springboard for Terror
Perspectives on Terrorism, 2013 Al-Shabaab’s recent terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi is not, as some have argued, a sign of the group’s desperation, but rather reveals its strength. Its most radical leader recently consolidated his control of the group, and the
Josh Meservey
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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 551-577, May 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
Peer Schouten +2 more
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 421-440, May 2026.ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
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THE REPRISAL ATTACKS BY AL-SHABAAB AGAINST KENYA [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2013 The incursion of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) into Somalia was met by a series of threats from the Al-Shabaab that it would increase the attacks against Kenya if the troops were not withdrawn.
E.O.S.ODHIAMBO +5 more
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African Human Mobility Review, 2023 Most scholarship on terrorism in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) has focused on the nature and causes of the insurgency, who the insurgents are, where the insurgents come from, their underlying needs, and how the current military operations may be successful ...
Joseph Makanda
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