Description: A revealing account of Africa's ecological and historical frontier zone, now plagued by interlocking insurgencies and climate change.
Review Quotes: "The very first work to give a comprehensive overview of the Sahel crisis, this book fills a big void. Ambitious in scope, it is an extremely valuable publication." -- Giulia Piccolino, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University
"A sharp, lucid, and expansive exploration of the key ingredients of the perfect storm brewing in the Sahel, offering a rigorously researched unpacking of the region's crises and the far-reaching implications they hold." -- Louise Wiuff Moe, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, and co-editor of Reconfiguring Intervention: Complexity, Resilience and the 'Local Turn' in Counterinsurgent Warfare"Professor Bøås skillfully forefronts context in granular detail to understand interlocked crises. He urges us to take a bottom-up look at the "perfect storm", showing why it is possible to imagine a more peaceful and prosperous Sahel region." -- Linnéa Gelot, Associate Professor in Peace and Development Studies, Department of War Studies, Swedish Defence University"A highly accessible, historically grounded analysis of the complex social, political and security dynamics in the Sahel, as well as its potential political futures. An insightful discussion of the long history of political rule organised around controlling trade routes rather than territory, and a novel perspective on why, therefore, the Russian presence is unlikely to endure--and why Europe must maintain its engagement." -- Jana Honke, Chair for Sociology in Africa, University of Bayreuth, and co-editor of Africa's Global Infrastructures: South-South Transformations in Practice