North Africa: Greater Risk in the Near Term

By Haim Malka

Haim Malka is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, where he oversees the program's work on the Maghreb. His principal areas of research include religious radicalization, government strategies to combat extremism, violent non-state actors, and North African politics and security.

The Cipher Brief sat down with Haim Malka, the Deputy Director of and Senior Fellow for the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  He shared his thoughts on the current and future security environment in North Africa.

The Cipher Brief: The security environment in North Africa varies considerably from country to country.  Generally speaking, how would you characterize current trends in the region?

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