Christiane Thompson reveals how JNIM exploits governmental vulnerabilities, local discontent, and economic hardships to gain territorial control and establish illicit supply chains throughout West Africa. 

This is part two of a two-part series. For more information, check out JSOU Quick Look Fertile Ground for Extremism: JNIM’s Territorial Expansion from Mali into Burkina Faso Through a PMESII-PT Lens.

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Foreseeing Inroads to Instability: JNIM’s Expansion in West Africa

By Christiane Thompson, MA, MMAS, MLA, JSOU Assistant Professor

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