asymmetric warfare

• Asymmetric warfare ultimately proposes a challenge to the effective resolution to terrorism. This is because of the use of unconventional forms of warfare that challenge the state’s ability to respond, as a opposed to more conventional formats like military operations. These attacks are associated with insurgency and irregularity, which makes it more difficult for state powers to track and predict just when acts of warfare will occur.
• • ‘[Nigerian] security forces have been slow to adapt with new strategies, new doctrines, and new targets’ (Pentagon Director for Africa) amidst the modernised weaponry and guerilla strategies of Boko Haram.