For our readers out there who’ve read Robert Kaplan’s latest books, the Tuareg Rebellion in Mali and Niger isn’t wholly unknown. Adrian over at Politics & Soccer is a masters student in Security Studies and is researching it for his thesis. If any of our readers have expertise to offer, he would surely appreciate it.


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Adrian
January 9, 2008
5:05 pm
Adrian
January 10, 2008
3:41 am
bristlecone
January 10, 2008
4:56 am
Curzon
January 10, 2008
5:32 am
Previous CA posts on the topic and references by Kaplan "here,":http://cominganarchy.com/2007/11/26/unheralded-military-successes/ "here":http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/24/on-demographics-part-4-africa-and-instability/ and "here.":http://cominganarchy.com/2007/09/16/to-the-ends-of-the-earth/
Michael
January 15, 2008
1:14 am
a) Are those nations cooperating on dealing with the rebellion?
b) What, if anything, it means to be Malian or Nigeri if the people occupying most of your land (your 'connecting tissue', really) don't seem themselves that way?
and
c) If the only way to stay intact is to work closely with another country, shouldn't you be considering a merger? Or at least some form of decentralisation of power so you don't HAVE to work with another country to stay together?
Tuareg Culture and News
January 27, 2008
3:27 am