TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Hard versus soft measures to security: explaining the failure of counter-terrorism strategy in Nigeria
JO  - Journal of applied security research
A1  - Ugwueze, Michael I.
A1  - Onuoha, Freedom C.
SP  - 547
EP  - 567
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-1610
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2020.1811936
ID  - ref1
ER  -