European Eye on Radicalization - May 2023
With the spread of terrorism in over a dozen countries in Africa, it is becoming increasingly important to question how foreign countries may become further involved. This is exacerbated by an encroaching cold war that is unfolding between the United States, Russia and China. However, countries like France and the US who have had significant failures in Africa and the Middle East will no doubt be hesitant in major counterinsurgency actions.
To this end, US involvement in Somalia has been especially careful to not repeat the catastrophic events that took place in 1993. Yet such military choices are proving to be counterproductive and have led to misguided shifts in strategy.
