Publication

This monograph analyzes the threat of terrorism in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. It places the threat and implication of the name change announcement of the Salafist Group for Combat and Preaching (GSPC) to al-Qaida in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) in context, with the primary focus on events in 2007. The author explores the causes and consequences of the originally domestic group’s transnational ambitions. She argues that most assessments of this development focused on the now, without appreciating the historical complexities that ultimately led to it.