The mixed multinational force and the problem of hybrid warfare

Terrorism has regained its vitality in the Lake Chad region, multiplying deadly incursions, suicide bombings, looting of property and hostage-taking. In this changing world, a massive, mutant, asymmetrical, hybrid and Islamized terrorism has gradually taken root: the radical Islamist threat, illustrated in particular by the Al-Qaeda nebula, the figurehead of jihadism, is now competing with recently created African groups such as Boko Haram. This transnational phenomenon, which is now at the hea ...