El fortalecimiento de organizacones terroristas en África a partir de la descentralización de Al Qaeda (2006-2013) a la luz de la teoría de guerra en red
Thesis
The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the process of decentralization of Al Qaeda, because of the weakening of its base in Afghanistan through the military intervention of the western coalition. It studies how Al Qaeda evolves from a hierarchy into a network. These transformations can be explained through the principles of the Netwar theory, which include the lack of a centralized leadership, and swarming to attack. Following this line of argument, it finally demonstrates that through the expansion of the network, Al Qaeda is still maintaining the transnational jihad alive, despite its condition of weakness, through the affiliated organizations in Africa.
