Using the PMESII-PT framework and highlighting struggles with weak governance, frequent coups, and widespread poverty, Christiane Thompson analyzes how Jamaat Nusratul Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate, has exploited Mali's and Burkina Faso's environments to expand its influence.

This is part one of a two-part series. Continue reading in JSOU Quick Look Foreseeing Inroads to Instability: JNIM’s Expansion in West Africa. 

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Fertile Ground for Extremism: JNIM’s Territorial Expansion from Mali into Burkina Faso Through a PMESII-PT Lens

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

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