The Unforeseen 2012 Crisis in Mali: The Diverging Outcomes of Risk and Threat Analyses

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The 2012 crisis in Mali, where the state collapsed and terrorist groups took over the north, came as a surprise to many. Mali had been considered a poster-child for democracy and was judged as considerably more stable than its neighbors by leading quantitative indices of state fragility. This article explores how quantitative risk and qualitative threat approaches led to incomplete analyses, and how bureaucratic processes stifled a holistic diagnosis of the situation in Mali. French and Dutch government views are analyzed, adding new empirical information on how ministries and embassies were unwilling to call out disconcerting developments in Mali.

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Boeke, S., & de Valk, G. (2021). The Unforeseen 2012 Crisis in Mali: The Diverging Outcomes of Risk and Threat Analyses. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 44(10), 835–854. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2019.1592356

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