04-15-2019, 11:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2019, 11:22 AM by John J. Xenakis.)
** 15-Apr-2019 World View: A New Arc of Instability in Northern Africa
A New Arc of Instability in Northern Africa
A wave of disorder and conflict is threatening states across northern
Africa, setting conditions for massive instability and the expansion
of the al Qaeda and Islamic State threat. Protests are challenging
repressive regimes in Algeria and Sudan, which share borders with a
Libya in the throes of its latest bout of civil war. These events are
part of a larger trend of potential state collapse that is spreading
from weak states with small populations—Libya, Mali, Somalia—to larger
states whose regimes have been perceived as secure—Algeria,
Sudan. This trend places states with very large populations—Ethiopia,
Nigeria, Egypt—increasingly under pressure. The Salafi-jihadi
movement, which includes al Qaeda and the Islamic State, is best
positioned to benefit from widespread instability.
- American Enterprise Institute
A New Arc of Instability in Northern Africa
A wave of disorder and conflict is threatening states across northern
Africa, setting conditions for massive instability and the expansion
of the al Qaeda and Islamic State threat. Protests are challenging
repressive regimes in Algeria and Sudan, which share borders with a
Libya in the throes of its latest bout of civil war. These events are
part of a larger trend of potential state collapse that is spreading
from weak states with small populations—Libya, Mali, Somalia—to larger
states whose regimes have been perceived as secure—Algeria,
Sudan. This trend places states with very large populations—Ethiopia,
Nigeria, Egypt—increasingly under pressure. The Salafi-jihadi
movement, which includes al Qaeda and the Islamic State, is best
positioned to benefit from widespread instability.
- American Enterprise Institute
