Folahanmi Aina
Biographic Data
| ID | 293110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Folahanmi Aina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Folahanmi |
| FAMILY NAME | Aina |
| SIGNATURE | AINA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4999-2042 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ibrahim Traore: Burkina Faso’s saviour, dictator or revolutionary anti-imperialist
Pillorying Expansion Over Invasion: Africa’s New Neutralism, Politics of non-Alignment, and the Global (re)balancing of Power from the Russian-Ukrainian War
Security and Global Affairs
Strategic Partnership or Strategic Expansionism? Nato’s Out-Of-Area Operations on Peacekeeping with the African Union
Deploying air wings in biosecurity: The Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Across the world, governments attempted to mitigate the effects of the crisis posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic following its outbreak. In some instances, these efforts have involved deploying the military in the enforcement of containment measures. Previous research has explored the role of the Nigerian military in internal security and crisis management; however, a gap exists in by way of the absence of organised research that unpacks the u…
The Alliance of Sahel States, Democratic Relapse, Insecurity, and the Prospects of Regional (Dis)integration or (Re)integration in West Africa
Fifty years on, since the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African region remains fraught with multiple insecurity challenges owing to violent extremism, terrorism, and insurgencies that have led to the deaths of thousands and the forced displacement of several million. These challenges are further compounded by the recent spate of democratic relapse in the Sahel region, following the resurgence of…
Between “Victims” and Their “Saviors”: Process-Based Leadership and Trust Building in Civil–Military Relations in Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria has been plagued by the nefarious activities of terrorist groups, including Boko Haram, its affiliates, and armed bandits. Beyond its kinetic operations, the military has since deployed several strategies toward trust building across the region. This article contributes to the literature, by adopting process-based leadership as a social psychology conceptual and analytical lens. As a departure from traditional conceptualizations …
Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail
(De)Weaponizing Climate-Induced Recruitment: Prospects of Climate Change Adaptation as a Non-Kinetic Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Lake Chad Basin Region
Political economy of sub-national fragility and armed conflict in Northwest Nigeria
Insecurity in Nigeria’s Northwest region is fast deteriorating due to armed conflict emanating from the activities of jihadist terrorist groups, armed bandits, and other organised criminal gangs. This has claimed the lives of thousands, and displaced many others, resulting in a humanitarian crisis. While previous studies have highlighted the triggers and drivers of armed conflict in fragile states such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, poor g…
Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis
This paper examines the role of drugs in the prevailing banditry crisis in Nigeria. It does so against the deteriorating trajectory of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria in which the issue of drugs and substances has been implicated. Existing studies on the subject matter have variously considered the ramifying dimensions of the banditry question, especially its complex nexuses to other organised crimes, such as terrorism, arms trafficking, …
Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: The routes of terror in an African context; Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa
Journal Article Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: the routes of terror in an African context; Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa Get access Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: the routes of terror in an African context. By Daniel E Agbiboa. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2022. 248pp. £60.00. Isbn978 0 47213 290 4. Available as e-book.Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa. …
Banditry and “captive population syndrome” in northern Nigeria
The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled popu…
Understanding Vulnerability to Violent Extremism: Evidence from Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria
This paper analyses the links between socioeconomic concerns and one of the most significant conflicts in the world, the Boko Haram-led insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. In doing so it centers group dynamics for analysis of how women and youth constituencies intersect with vulnerability to violent extremism. It offers sophisticated quantitative analysis of new and original gender- and age-disaggregated survey data, with over 80% female responde…
Forces of Terror: Armed Banditry and Insecurity in North-west Nigeria
Nigeria has confronted several security conundrums in recent years, including armed banditry, which poses a severe threat to the north-west and the entire nation. North-west Nigeria has been hit by an unprecedented wave of kidnappings, maiming, killings, population displacements, cattle rustling, and disruption of socio-economic activities due to the rise of armed bandits in the region. These events have created a climate of uncertainty that has …
Phantom operators”: Special operations forces and asymmetric warfare in Northern Nigeria
Across the world, Special Operations Forces (SOFs) play a leading role in asymmetric warfare. The unique trainings, skills, weapons, and equipment of these elite Tier 1 operators, differentiates them from conventional forces, making them the preferred choice in complex environments. SOFs are ideally deployed for short operations, which include direct action missions, hostage rescue, hunting high-value targets (HVTs), mobility operations, intellig…
Contested Forgiveness: Unsolicited Amnesty and the Reintegration of ‘Repentant’ Bandits in Northwest Nigeria
Banditry poses a serious threat to lives and livelihoods in parts of Nigeria’s Northwest and Northcentral regions. This has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of several others. Both the federal government and the affected subnational state governments have responded to this threat by deploying different measures aimed at bringing an end to it. One of such measures adopted by some subnational governments has involved grantin…
Shock and awe: Military response to armed banditry and the prospects of internal security operations in Northwest Nigeria
Insecurity has worsened in Northwest Nigeria, due to the threat of armed banditry, necessitating the deployments and operations of the military. While there is increasing academic attention on the origins, causes, and nature of this threat, the conduct, achievements, prospects, and challenges of the military’s counter-banditism response in the region remains understudied. Accordingly, foregrounded by the need to close this gap, this qualitative s…
Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring global jihad in Nigeria; Insurgency and war in Nigeria: regional fracture and the fight against Boko Haram
Since the early formative years of Boko Haram, its nefarious activities have claimed the lives of thousands and led to the displacement of many others. It remains one of the greatest threats to contemporary Nigeria's national security. At the same time, Nigeria's military is one of the most formidable forces in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet despite its successes outside Nigeria, it has continued to struggle in its fight against Boko Haram in the countr…
Forces of Terror: Armed Banditry and Insecurity in North-west Nigeria
Nigeria has confronted several security conundrums in recent years, including armed banditry, which poses a severe threat to the north-west and the entire nation. North-west Nigeria has been hit by an unprecedented wave of kidnappings, maiming, killings, population displacements, cattle rustling, and disruption of socio-economic activities due to the rise of armed bandits in the region. These events have created a climate of uncertainty that has …
Shock and awe: Military response to armed banditry and the prospects of internal security operations in Northwest Nigeria
Insecurity has worsened in Northwest Nigeria, due to the threat of armed banditry, necessitating the deployments and operations of the military. While there is increasing academic attention on the origins, causes, and nature of this threat, the conduct, achievements, prospects, and challenges of the military’s counter-banditism response in the region remains understudied. Accordingly, foregrounded by the need to close this gap, this qualitative s…
Banditry and “captive population syndrome” in northern Nigeria
The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled popu…
Phantom operators”: Special operations forces and asymmetric warfare in Northern Nigeria
Across the world, Special Operations Forces (SOFs) play a leading role in asymmetric warfare. The unique trainings, skills, weapons, and equipment of these elite Tier 1 operators, differentiates them from conventional forces, making them the preferred choice in complex environments. SOFs are ideally deployed for short operations, which include direct action missions, hostage rescue, hunting high-value targets (HVTs), mobility operations, intellig…
The Alliance of Sahel States, Democratic Relapse, Insecurity, and the Prospects of Regional (Dis)integration or (Re)integration in West Africa
Fifty years on, since the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African region remains fraught with multiple insecurity challenges owing to violent extremism, terrorism, and insurgencies that have led to the deaths of thousands and the forced displacement of several million. These challenges are further compounded by the recent spate of democratic relapse in the Sahel region, following the resurgence of…
Between “Victims” and Their “Saviors”: Process-Based Leadership and Trust Building in Civil–Military Relations in Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria has been plagued by the nefarious activities of terrorist groups, including Boko Haram, its affiliates, and armed bandits. Beyond its kinetic operations, the military has since deployed several strategies toward trust building across the region. This article contributes to the literature, by adopting process-based leadership as a social psychology conceptual and analytical lens. As a departure from traditional conceptualizations …
Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail
Political economy of sub-national fragility and armed conflict in Northwest Nigeria
Insecurity in Nigeria’s Northwest region is fast deteriorating due to armed conflict emanating from the activities of jihadist terrorist groups, armed bandits, and other organised criminal gangs. This has claimed the lives of thousands, and displaced many others, resulting in a humanitarian crisis. While previous studies have highlighted the triggers and drivers of armed conflict in fragile states such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, poor g…
Contested Forgiveness: Unsolicited Amnesty and the Reintegration of ‘Repentant’ Bandits in Northwest Nigeria
Banditry poses a serious threat to lives and livelihoods in parts of Nigeria’s Northwest and Northcentral regions. This has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of several others. Both the federal government and the affected subnational state governments have responded to this threat by deploying different measures aimed at bringing an end to it. One of such measures adopted by some subnational governments has involved grantin…
Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring global jihad in Nigeria; Insurgency and war in Nigeria: regional fracture and the fight against Boko Haram
Since the early formative years of Boko Haram, its nefarious activities have claimed the lives of thousands and led to the displacement of many others. It remains one of the greatest threats to contemporary Nigeria's national security. At the same time, Nigeria's military is one of the most formidable forces in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet despite its successes outside Nigeria, it has continued to struggle in its fight against Boko Haram in the countr…
Understanding Vulnerability to Violent Extremism: Evidence from Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria
This paper analyses the links between socioeconomic concerns and one of the most significant conflicts in the world, the Boko Haram-led insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. In doing so it centers group dynamics for analysis of how women and youth constituencies intersect with vulnerability to violent extremism. It offers sophisticated quantitative analysis of new and original gender- and age-disaggregated survey data, with over 80% female responde…
Forces of Terror: Armed Banditry and Insecurity in North-west Nigeria
Nigeria has confronted several security conundrums in recent years, including armed banditry, which poses a severe threat to the north-west and the entire nation. North-west Nigeria has been hit by an unprecedented wave of kidnappings, maiming, killings, population displacements, cattle rustling, and disruption of socio-economic activities due to the rise of armed bandits in the region. These events have created a climate of uncertainty that has …
Phantom operators”: Special operations forces and asymmetric warfare in Northern Nigeria
Across the world, Special Operations Forces (SOFs) play a leading role in asymmetric warfare. The unique trainings, skills, weapons, and equipment of these elite Tier 1 operators, differentiates them from conventional forces, making them the preferred choice in complex environments. SOFs are ideally deployed for short operations, which include direct action missions, hostage rescue, hunting high-value targets (HVTs), mobility operations, intellig…
Contested Forgiveness: Unsolicited Amnesty and the Reintegration of ‘Repentant’ Bandits in Northwest Nigeria
Banditry poses a serious threat to lives and livelihoods in parts of Nigeria’s Northwest and Northcentral regions. This has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of several others. Both the federal government and the affected subnational state governments have responded to this threat by deploying different measures aimed at bringing an end to it. One of such measures adopted by some subnational governments has involved grantin…
Shock and awe: Military response to armed banditry and the prospects of internal security operations in Northwest Nigeria
Insecurity has worsened in Northwest Nigeria, due to the threat of armed banditry, necessitating the deployments and operations of the military. While there is increasing academic attention on the origins, causes, and nature of this threat, the conduct, achievements, prospects, and challenges of the military’s counter-banditism response in the region remains understudied. Accordingly, foregrounded by the need to close this gap, this qualitative s…
Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis
This paper examines the role of drugs in the prevailing banditry crisis in Nigeria. It does so against the deteriorating trajectory of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria in which the issue of drugs and substances has been implicated. Existing studies on the subject matter have variously considered the ramifying dimensions of the banditry question, especially its complex nexuses to other organised crimes, such as terrorism, arms trafficking, …
Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: The routes of terror in an African context; Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa
Journal Article Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: the routes of terror in an African context; Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa Get access Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: the routes of terror in an African context. By Daniel E Agbiboa. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2022. 248pp. £60.00. Isbn978 0 47213 290 4. Available as e-book.Insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism in Africa. …
Banditry and “captive population syndrome” in northern Nigeria
The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context of threat-induced migration, displacement, and bond-settlement patterns. Although there are diverse media and policy-based insights pertaining to the impact of the banditry crisis on the settled popu…
Pillorying Expansion Over Invasion: Africa’s New Neutralism, Politics of non-Alignment, and the Global (re)balancing of Power from the Russian-Ukrainian War
Security and Global Affairs
Strategic Partnership or Strategic Expansionism? Nato’s Out-Of-Area Operations on Peacekeeping with the African Union
Deploying air wings in biosecurity: The Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Across the world, governments attempted to mitigate the effects of the crisis posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic following its outbreak. In some instances, these efforts have involved deploying the military in the enforcement of containment measures. Previous research has explored the role of the Nigerian military in internal security and crisis management; however, a gap exists in by way of the absence of organised research that unpacks the u…
The Alliance of Sahel States, Democratic Relapse, Insecurity, and the Prospects of Regional (Dis)integration or (Re)integration in West Africa
Fifty years on, since the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African region remains fraught with multiple insecurity challenges owing to violent extremism, terrorism, and insurgencies that have led to the deaths of thousands and the forced displacement of several million. These challenges are further compounded by the recent spate of democratic relapse in the Sahel region, following the resurgence of…
Between “Victims” and Their “Saviors”: Process-Based Leadership and Trust Building in Civil–Military Relations in Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria has been plagued by the nefarious activities of terrorist groups, including Boko Haram, its affiliates, and armed bandits. Beyond its kinetic operations, the military has since deployed several strategies toward trust building across the region. This article contributes to the literature, by adopting process-based leadership as a social psychology conceptual and analytical lens. As a departure from traditional conceptualizations …
Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail
(De)Weaponizing Climate-Induced Recruitment: Prospects of Climate Change Adaptation as a Non-Kinetic Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Lake Chad Basin Region
Political economy of sub-national fragility and armed conflict in Northwest Nigeria
Insecurity in Nigeria’s Northwest region is fast deteriorating due to armed conflict emanating from the activities of jihadist terrorist groups, armed bandits, and other organised criminal gangs. This has claimed the lives of thousands, and displaced many others, resulting in a humanitarian crisis. While previous studies have highlighted the triggers and drivers of armed conflict in fragile states such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, poor g…
Ibrahim Traore: Burkina Faso’s saviour, dictator or revolutionary anti-imperialist
Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Criminology (9 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Terrorism (6 works)