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LOOK OUT FOR THE NEW BOOK ON MALI

to be published in the Fall of 2016 by Edwin Mellen Press:

The Limits of Democracy and the Post-Colonial Nation State: Mali’s Democratic Experiment Falters while Jihad and Terrorism Grow in the Sahara
by Robin Edward Poulton and Raffaella Greco Tonegutti

This book is a follow-up to the famous peace study A PEACE OF TIMBUKTU (1998). It tells the story of Mali's failures since the turn of the millennium, including the how and why Al Qaida and ISIS rose to prominence and helped undermine the democracy of Mali and the stability of the Sahara.


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