EP 114: Governance, Grievance & Violent Extremism in West Africa- Zacharias Pieri & Kevin Fridy

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on governance, grievance, and violent extremism in West Africa with experts Dr Zacharias Pieri and Professor Kevin Fridy.

In this week’s episode, Dr Zacharias Pieri, Associate Professor of international relations at the University of South Florida and Professor Kevin Fridy, Professor of Government & World Affairs at University of Tampa join me to discuss their recent book: Governance, Grievance and Violent Extremism in West Africa: From the Caliphate to Great Power Competition.

People in this episode

Host: Dr Michael Nwankpa

Guests: Dr Zacharias Pieri, Professor Kevin Fridy

Topics covered

• governance
• violent extremism
• West Africa
• international relations
• grievance
• great power competition

Keywords

• governance
• violent extremism
• West Africa
• grievance
• international relations
• great power competition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of South Florida, University of Tampa

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