Browsing by Author "Skretting, Vidar Benjamin"

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    • Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghrib’s Expansion in the Sahara: New Insights from Primary Sources 

      Skretting, Vidar Benjamin (2020-09-24)
      Although originating in Algeria, AQIM and its allies had by 2012 become so entrenched in the Sahel that they were in de-facto control of vast swathes of territory in northern Mali. This article explains how and why GSPC/AQIM ...

    • Ansar al-Sharia in Libya: An Enduring Threat 

      Gråtrud, Henrik; Skretting, Vidar Benjamin (2017)
      Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL) is one of the most powerful jihadi groups in Libya and it might, in fact, represent a more significant long-term threat than IS’ provinces in Libya. However, there are few recent studies of ...

    • Content search in large text corpuses using natural language processing 

      Nødland, Bernt Ivar Utstøl; Gisnås, Hallvar; Gråtrud, Henrik; Skretting, Vidar Benjamin (2021-04-28)
      Analysts and researchers are facing an ever increasing amount of information. Finding ways to identify relevant information on fuzzy topics and concepts can thus accelerate the analyst. We investigate the method of using ...