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This article dissects the motives which led AQIM to create its sanctuary in northern Mali before 2012, its drive to establish an Islamic state with the support of its allies, and the reasons behind this evolution.
This page is a summary of: Mali: From Sanctuary to Islamic State, The RUSI Journal, May 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/03071847.2014.928016.
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