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Why Borders Are Making Terrorism Worse: The Shocking Math of African Conflict
African Border Disorders: Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations
We've been told borders protect us. But groundbreaking research by Olivier J. Walther and William F.S. Miles in their book *African Border Disorders: Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations* reveals the opposite: borders are actually fueling global terrorism. Using network science and spatial analysis, they mapped 3,231 violent events across 179 groups in the Sahel. The findings? Borders don't stop extremists—they weaponize them. Terrorists exploit porous borders as safe havens, and overlapping territory, not ideology, is the best predictor of violence. This video breaks down the hidden math of war, from the S-curve of conflict spread to why Toyota pickups beat tanks. Watch to understand why traditional military strategies fail and what really drives modern insurgency.
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