{"id":12195,"date":"2016-02-17T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T08:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/new-research-division-publication-natos-southern-flank-does-not-stop-in-north-africa-addressing-terrorism-beyond-the-sahel\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:14:16","slug":"new-research-division-publication-natos-southern-flank-does-not-stop-in-north-africa-addressing-terrorism-beyond-the-sahel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/new-research-division-publication-natos-southern-flank-does-not-stop-in-north-africa-addressing-terrorism-beyond-the-sahel\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Division Publication &#8211; NATO&#8217;s Southern Flank Does Not Stop in North Africa: Addressing Terrorism Beyond the Sahel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class='list_homepage'>\n<li>\nResearch Paper 128: <a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=477' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\n&#038;quotNATO&#8217;s Southern Flank Does Not Stop in North Africa: Addressing Terrorism Beyond the Sahel&#038;quot<\/a>, by Meghan J. King.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>Dear Reader<\/i>,<br \/>\nWith the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) wreaking terrorist havoc across Syria,  Iraq and into Europe, this latest Research Paper considers the implications of the movement\u2019s reach deep into Africa with its 2015 merger with Nigeria-based Boko Haram.  Rather than view the development as too distant to be of concern to NATO, it argues for the Alliance to seriously prepare for threats emanating from this latest IS front.  As the paper concludes: \u201cNATO cannot afford to reduce its Southern Flank to a geographically delimited MENA region. Terrorists are not stopping at the Sahel, and neither should NATO\u2019s efforts to address them.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">We hope you will appreciate this paper by our 2015 Munk Summer Research Fellow.<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\n<i>Regards,<br \/>\nJeff<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Jeffrey A. Larsen, PhD, Division Head Research<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class='np'><a href='\/fr\/research\/publications.php\/?icode=6' target='_blank'>More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Paper 128: &#038;quotNATO&#8217;s Southern Flank Does Not Stop in North Africa: Addressing Terrorism Beyond the Sahel&#038;quot, by<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-12195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 10 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 17, 2016","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 17, 2016 09:51","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:14"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12195"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}