Konflikty w Afryce i Jemenie w 2018 r. – ekspansja dżihadystów a wzrost intensywności i umiędzynarodowienia
Conflicts in Africa and Yemen in 2018 – expansion of jihadists vs. growing intensity and internationalization

Author(s): Kamila Pronińska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Geography, Regional studies, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: armed conflicts; jihadism; Al Qaeda; so called Islamic State; Boko Haram; ISWAP; JNIM; Ansar Dine; al Mourabitoun; ISGS; MUJAO; AQIM; al Shabaab; ISS; AQIP; conflict in Libya; conflict in Mali
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the conflicts which were ongoing in 2018,in Yemen and Africa. The selection of armed conflicts was made on the basis ofthree main criteria: intensity, i.e. the scale of battle-deaths; internationalization, i.e.military involvement of third countries; the activities of jihadist groups. The articlediscusses armed conflicts in the Sahel region and the Lake Chad, in Libya, Somalia,and Yemen. As part of the Strategic Yearbook series that reviews current armedconflicts, this study is a continuation of the analyses from previous years. Its purposeis to explore the conditions and dynamics of the 2018 armed conflicts and theirimplications for international security. It explains the reasons of their increasingintensity and internationalization. The expansion of jihadist groups, especiallythose related to IS (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, the so called Islamic State) orAl-Qaeda (AQ), is perceived as an important factor in this regard. It is argued thatthe activity of armed jihadist groups leads also to greater military involvement ofWestern states.

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