Boko-Haram and the Global Jihad: 'Do Not Think Jihad is Over. Rather Jihad Has Just Begun'

Australian Journal of International Affairs

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-417

  Agbiboa, Daniel Egiegba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

al Qaeda; Boko Haram; global jihad; Northern Nigeria; state responses

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; TERRORISM;

NIGERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903631098     PISSN: 10357718     EISSN: 1465332X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2014.891564     Document Type: Article

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