Research Catalog

Title

What is next for Mali? : the roots of conflict and challenges to stability / Dona J. Stewart.

Author

Stewart, Dona J.

Publication

Carlisle Barracks, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.
• Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Description

xiii, 86 pages : map; 23 cm

Summary

In March 2012, the government of Mali, one of the most touted symbols of Africa's democratic potential, fell in a military-executed coup. At the same time, a 4-decades old rebellion among Tuaregs seeking autonomy or independence reached new heights fueled by weapons from Libya and the belief that the Arab Spring could extend to northern Mali. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and their allies were quick to capitalize on the increasing chaos in a territory characterized by lack of government control and poverty and seized the major cities in the north. While French-led military intervention restored security to cities in the north, the underlying social, economic and political issues of the crisis remain.

Alternative Title

Roots of conflict and challenges to stability

Subject

• Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
• Since 1991
• Political stability > Mali
• Internal security > Mali
• Insurgency > Mali
• Autonomy and independence movements
• Insurgency
• Internal security
• Politics and government
• Political stability
• Politische Stabilität
• Politisk stabilitet
• Inre säkerhet
• Uppror
• Statskupper
• Politiska förhållanden
• Mali > History > Coup d'état, 2012
• Mali > History > Tuareg Rebellion, 2012-
• Mali > Politics and government > 1991-
• Mali > History > Autonomy and independence movements
• Mali
• Mali

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "November 2013."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-86).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.

Contents

Introduction -- Part I. Mali : background to a crisis. Mali : ancient grandeur, modern challenges -- European control of Africa -- Mali under French control -- The pacification of the Sahel -- Malian independence -- Part II. The crisis unfolds. Mali : the challenges of development -- Early indicators of a crisis in northern Mali -- The Tuareg rebellions -- The impact of the Libyan revolution -- AQIM in North Africa -- Part III. The Sahel regional security framework. Challenges of the regional security framework in the Sahel -- Conclusion

ISBN

• 1584876026
• 9781584876021

LCCN

2013496785

OCLC

• ocn865544442
• 865544442
• SCSB-1763751

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library