Governance, Grievance, and Violent Extremism in West Africa: From the Caliphates to Great Power Competition

"The authors deftly take on two of the primary concerns facing the African security landscape—violent extremist organizations and great power competition—and put them into an innovative, and fruitful, conversation." —Jason Warner, American University

"Pieri and Fridy masterfully demonstrate that strategic competition and violent extremism are not separate challenges, and that Western governments discount local, informal institutions of governance at their own peril. The mixed methods researc...