Description: The Sahel has become a focal point of international security interventions, with external actors providing extensive security force assistance (SFA) to local military, police, and paramilitary forces. Securitizing the Sahel critically examines the rationale, implementation, and consequences of these efforts (2012-2024).
Review Quotes: "In Securitizing the Sahel, Nina Wilén offers perhaps the most detailed study to date of the various strands of foreign security force assistance to the Sahelian countries and their operations against regional insurgent movements. ..It is highly recommended both for academic study and for practitioners involved in planning and conducting security assistance." -- Lawrence E. Cline, Small Wars & Insurgencies