36 - Lake Chad (Boko Haram and the French Foreign Legion) - a podcast by The Red Line

Lake Chad has shrunk by almost 90% since 1960, and the situation on the ground is becoming a breeding ground for regional terrorism. Outfits like Boko Haram, and ISIS in Africa are now capturing big patches of land in Lake Chad Region. 

France, the US, and their regional partners are trying desperately to avoid the situation spinning out of control, but with a shrinking lake how successful can they be?

This weeks panel

Tomasz Rolbiecki (Uni of Gdansk)
Vincent Foucher (CNRS + Crisis Group)
John Campbell (CFR + Fmr US Ambassador)

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