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100	1		_aHENNINGSEN Troels Burchall
245			_aThe crafting of alliance cohesion among insurgents: _bthe case of al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the Sahel region/ _cTroels Burchall Henningsen
260			_c2021
520			_aThis article explains the cohesion of the insurgency alliance as the outcome of a number of sound strategic decisions. By applying a framework of irregular strategy, the article examines the processes of early adaption to pre-existing social networks and the subsequent shaping through political, violent, and communicative lines of effort. Although the primary purpose of the strategy was not alliance cohesion, the result is that al-Qaeda related networks cooperate across ethnic and social cleavages, despite the many setbacks and dilemmas that local politics generate. The article adds an agency-oriented perspective to the growing literature on insurgency fragmentation and cohesion, which are major factors in the outcome of civil wars.
650			_aSAHEL _xAL-QAEDA _xALLIANCE COHESION _xIRREGULAR STRATEGY _xSOCIAL NETWORKS
773			_aContemporary Security Policy : _gVol. 42, No 3, July 2021, pp. 371-390 (104)
598			_aSECURITY, SOCIAL, INSURGENCY, STRATEGY, VIOLENT
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13523260.2021.1876455 _zClick here for full text
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