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THE JIHAD OF SCARCITY: Economic Asphyxiation as a Strategy of Domination in Mali
[LE DJIHAD DE LA RARETE : L'asphyxie économique comme stratégie de domination au Mali]

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  • Etienne Fakaba Sissoko

    (Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako, CRAPES MALI - Centre de Recherche et d'Analyses Politiques, Economiques et Sociales du Mali, Faculté des Sciences économiques et de Gestion - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako)

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This article examines the strategy of economic asphyxiation deployed by JNIM in Mali between July and November 2025. By blocking petroleum flows and disrupting the country's main road corridors, the jihadist group transformed Mali's national energy dependence into an instrument of political domination. Drawing on an integrated qualitative methodology, the analysis shows that the blockade is not a rupture but a revelation: it exposes the coercive delegation of sovereign functions to armed actors capable of controlling vital resources. The state remains visible but deactivated, while society adapts under constraint and the economy fragments into survival circuits. The findings highlight that economic sovereignty has become a scarce good, administered through fear, dependency, and control over flows. The study calls for rethinking security in the Sahel through the lens of circulatory security, centered on the regional governance of vital flows.

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  • Etienne Fakaba Sissoko, 2025. "THE JIHAD OF SCARCITY: Economic Asphyxiation as a Strategy of Domination in Mali [LE DJIHAD DE LA RARETE : L'asphyxie économique comme stratégie de domination au Mali]," Post-Print hal-05408062, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05408062
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17813332
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