Quote Originally Posted by Mitt View Post
So, I have been lurking on this site/thread for a while now and thought I would actively seek some assistance. I'm starting a thesis as part of a Master's in Geopolitics on the question of Boko Haram and Nigeria for the exact reason you guys have been discussing, mainly because no one else is discussing it. Unfortunately, as a result, I am running into a lack of unclassified information on the subject and my ideas of doing an internship in the region this spring have been thwarted by higher powers. If anyone has any advice on where I can look or people I can talk to I’d gladly take a message or a comment. If not, I will try and throw anything interesting I find into this thread as I move forward with my research. Thanks in advance.
Mitt,

I differ a little from David's view, the best information on this problem currently is classified, only because there hasn't been a lot of open source research on this problem. There are a few valuable open source researchers working this. Send me a PM and let me know where you're going to school. This would certainly be a worthwhile contribution.

Ensure you look at the West Point's CTC website, and I'll send you some others later.

It is also worth finding any open source information you can on the impact of the collapse of Libya and the mass proliferation of fire arms throughout the region, to include all the way down to Nigeria.