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The Next Arena: Options for U.S. Policy Toward North African Terror

12/2/2011

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A Featured Essay for the Autumn 2011 Quarterly Release
by Jacob Derr (Ohio, U.S.A.)
Edited by  Director Matthew Bishop

ABSTRACT:
This paper analyzes the type of actions, both diplomatic and military, that the United States can take in dealing with the African groups Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.  Specifically, it analyzes the type of conflict the U.S. may become involved in, the tactical organization of the three groups, and whether democracy should be extended to the insurgent elements.  It does so with an eye to earlier developments in the Bush Administration’s War on Terror as compared with recent NATO actions supporting aspirants in the Arab Spring.   The United States must make three major decisions among many in formulating policy towards this new and developing conflict:  1) will it fight a ground war or act in a multilateral or support capacity with local governments or international organizations 2) will it treat the three groups as one contiguous threat, or work to disaggregate them and solve conflicts individually, and 3) will it support current regimes, or work for the legitimate democratic aspirations of the insurgents in each country?  The paper will examine multiple sides of each issue.    

BIO: 
 Jacob Derr is a senior studying Political Science Pre-Law and Broadcast Journalism at Ohio University.  He studies conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa with a focus in counterinsurgency tactics.
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    About the Authors: Middle East and North Africa

    Matthew Bishop is the founder of World Report and is conducting research in the history of political media in revolutions. He specializes in US foreign policy, Palestine/Israel, media politics, revolutions, and revolutionary politics.

    Jacob Derr is a Featured Analyst whose research focuses on Nigeria and Iraq. Derr also examines militant resistance groups in North Africa and East Africa.

    Treston Wheat is a Featured Analyst whose work engages theoretical considerations of U.S. foreign relations in the Middle Eastern and North African arena.

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