@article{ref1,
title="Hard versus soft measures to security: explaining the failure of counter-terrorism strategy in Nigeria",
journal="Journal of applied security research",
year="2020",
author="Ugwueze, Michael I. and Onuoha, Freedom C.",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="547-567",
abstract="Nigeria continues to face the challenge of containing terrorism despite adopting diverse counter-terrorism measures. While extant literature has evaluated the impacts of these measures, explaining why terrorist attacks in Nigeria persist despite a robust hard approach through the traditional use of force is still lacking. Thus, this article raises a fundamental question of: why has Boko Haram terrorism persisted in Nigeria despite sustained military operations against it? In this article, we argued that because counter-terrorism in Nigeria is lacking in soft approach, it will be difficult for the Nigerian state to defeat Boko Haram insurgency even with military force.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-1610",
doi="10.1080/19361610.2020.1811936",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2020.1811936"
}