Conceptualizing and Countering the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Cover Image

Konceptualizace a boj proti Hnutí za emancipaci delty Nigeru
Conceptualizing and Countering the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

Author(s): Petr Zelinka
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita obrany
Keywords: MEND; Nigeria; Niger Delta; conceptualization; Violent non-state actor – VNSA; terrorism; ethnic terrorism; counter-terrorism strategy; oil war; Nigérie; delta Nigeru; konceptualizace; násilný nestátní aktér – VNSA; terorismus; etnický terorismus.

Summary/Abstract: The insurgency in the Niger Delta has wider consequence then just for Nigeria (rising oil price as most sounding examples), this article will try to conceptualize the most influential and dangerous contemporary group in the region – the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). This will be done from a pragmatic point of view, bearing in mind the consequences which labels such as terrorism evoke. The work aims for more than to conceptualize the group but also to propose a counter-insurgency or counter-terrorist strategy, these will be based on the understanding the MEND via the conceptualization.

  • Issue Year: 8/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 67-84
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English