The recent abduction of more than 200 school girls in northeastern Nigeria is a clear indication of how the country, despite its vast economic and military potential, lacks the critical ability to ensure the proper security of its citizens. The event sparked a global outcry and motivated the campaign #BringBackOurGirls, which drew attention to the 
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Addressing the Solution Resistant Islamic Insurgency in Nigeria
By: Yonmon Tchinsala | Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014Caught on the Brink: Critical Reflections on Nigeria’s Counter-Insurgency/Terror Strategy
By: Chris Kwaja | Tuesday, May 6th, 2014In his seminal work, the former US Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell was unequivocal in his argument that Nigeria was “dancing on the brink” of real political instability, of the kind that was fully capable of truncating the state-building project. He identified several key factors that act as pointers to possible instability, including increased violence,
“New Counter-Insurgency Strategy, Same Results”
By: Geoff Burt | Monday, June 7th, 2010CIGI’s other security-related blog, Dispatches from the Field: Perspectives on the Afghanistan Conflict, features an article by Anand Gopal, “New Counter-Insurgency Strategy, Same Results.” Gopal notes that in Wardak province dozens of top Taliban leaders have been killed in the last nine months, but the US has not been able to capitalize. An excerpt from
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