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Accepted Paper:
The governance of insecurity and risk in the Sahel
Yousra Hamdaoui
Paper short abstract:
The resurgence of military coups in the context of rising risks and securitization requires the call for mother analytical frameworks to understand the return of military coups in the context of an expanding counter-terrorism fight in the Sahel.
Paper long abstract:
The increasing insecurity continues to reshape the Sahelian political and security dynamics. The upsurge in violence and the failure of international and regional security responses to contain insecurity in the Sahel countries have aborted the pre-eminence of the military paradigm in the region. Moreover, the resurgence of military coups in the context of rising risks and securitization requires the call for new analytical concepts to understand the return of military coups in the context of an expanding counter-terrorism fight. Some theorists in security studies point out that securitization flourishes in a risk society. Drawing on the concept of risk by Ulrich Beck, I explain in this article how risk has triumphed in the context of the proliferation of armed actors and the rise of asymmetric conflict in the Sahel. This condition has accelerated the rise of risk management practices in the region. Thus, the governance of insecurity requires a permanent adjustment of risk management in the context of evolving counter-terrorism. In this context, the resurgence of military coups between 2020 and 2023 is an expression of the urgent need to govern insecurity within a risk framework.