{"product_id":"perilous-desert-insecurity-in-the-sahara-paperback","title":"Perilous Desert: Insecurity in the Sahara - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederic Wehrey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnouar Boukhars\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe geopolitical significance of the Sahara is becoming painfully clear. Islamist militant groups and transnational criminal networks are operating in the region's most fragile states, exploiting widespread corruption, weak government capacity, crushing poverty, and entrenched social and ethnic tensions. The unrest spills over borders and aggravates protracted regional crises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis insecurity raises urgent concerns for the broader Sahara and the West. \u003ci\u003ePerilous Desert\u003c\/i\u003e details the sources of instability and what can be done to minimize the threat of simmering conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading experts, through comprehensive accounts of the changing landscape, demonstrate how foreign assistance that relies exclusively on counterterrorism will only exacerbate the problems. Solutions require understanding and combatting the roots of the Sahara's many challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrederic Wehrey\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace focusing on security and political reform in the Gulf and North Africa. He is the author of the forthcoming book Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings (Columbia University Press).\u003cb\u003e Anouar Boukhars\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of international relations at McDaniel College, Maryland. \u003cb\u003ePeter Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is working in Libya with Small Arms Survey and was previously a senior Libya analyst at the International Crisis Group. \u003cb\u003eWolfram Lacher\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik), Berlin.\u003cb\u003e Alex Thurston\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.99 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449876234418,"sku":"9780870034039","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9f8d0c0ae59f5272247c8f8c2651413d.webp?v=1778774686","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/perilous-desert-insecurity-in-the-sahara-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}