ABSTRACT While representing a major military threat in Niger and Nigeria, the two branches of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP-Liptako Gourma and ISWAP-Lake Chad) have increasingly sought to win popular support (distinguishing themselves from other groups in the region, especially Boko Haram). Yet, despite some improvements in the recent past, both Niger’s and Nigeria’s different counterinsurgency practices have not been sufficiently adapted to (and therefore remain strategically misaligned vis-à-vis) ISWAP’s more population-centric approach. Strategic rethinking and realignment of the still predominantly enemy-centric approaches of both states are essential so that ISWAP strategy can be countered in the long term.

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评估尼日尔和尼日利亚错位的平叛实践

摘要 在尼日尔和尼日利亚构成重大军事威胁的同时，伊斯兰国西非省的两个分支（ISWAP-Liptako Gourma 和 ISWAP-乍得湖）越来越寻求赢得民众支持（将自己与该地区的其他团体区分开来，尤其是博科圣地）。然而，尽管最近取得了一些进展，但尼日尔和尼日利亚不同的反叛乱做法都没有充分适应（因此在战略上与 ISWAP 更加以人口为中心的方法不一致）。两国仍然主要以敌人为中心的方法的战略重新思考和重新调整是必不可少的，这样 ISWAP 战略就可以长期受到反击。