This article attempts to shed light on the challenges confronting relevant actors (state and non-state) in countering the threat of terrorism recruitment by focusing on the Boko Haram terrorist organization, whose presence and activities threaten the security of the Lake Chad region. The article uses a qualitative research technique combining key informant interviews with stakeholders familiar with the conflict, academic and non-academic documents, reports, and policy briefs. The findings of the article suggest that despite the various initiatives by stakeholders aimed at containing the strategies of recruitment, the group continues to expand its base by launching coordinated attacks that further destabilize the region. These challenges stem from a lack of a clear-cut counterterrorism strategy, a dearth in technological and mutual trust between actors and locals in the management and utilization of intelligence, and the inability of state institutions to ‘coerce and convince’ citizens in terms of its capacity to counter the danger of terrorism recruitment and expansion. The article, amongst other things, recommends a community policing model similar to the ‘Nyumba-Kumi security initiative’ adopted by most countries in East Africa for the effective assessment and detection of threat forces; the state and its agencies should show the capacity to coerce and convince in dealing with the (ideological, religious, social, and economic) conditions, drivers, and factors promoting the spread of terrorism as well as other forms of violent extremism in the society; furthermore, there is a need for stakeholders to adopt a comprehensive and holistic counterterrorism/violent extremism strategy to reflect present-day security challenges as well as to guarantee sustainable peace.

Does counterterrorist financing (CTF) support the entire process of the global fight against terrorism? Finding answers to this question helps to address the difficulties facing relevant actors in defeating the Boko Haram (BH) terrorist group. This article examines the various funding strategies used by BH as well as the state, sub-regional and regional responses that have proven difficult in stemming the expansion of this terror group across the northeast and Lake Chad region. The study adopted qualitative research techniques through the use of Key Informant Interviews (KII) to gather data to address its central question. Findings of the article reveal that, regardless of the efforts toward containing the funding of this terror group, challenges remain in terms of the inability of relevant actors to operationalize the various CTF policies. Challenges include the institutional and techno-scientific challenges, the cui bono and prodest effect by beneficiaries of terrorism, uncoordinated CT strategies, the lack of political will by the relevant actors to address the challenge of TF and the structural conditions which render the CTF policies ineffective and help sustain the funding operations of this terror group. The study, among other things, suggests the implementation of various CTF policies and initiatives. Above all, effective border management and control besides effective intelligence and counterintelligence gathering systems to monitor and track the illicit flow of cash for terror-related activities should be an essential part of the initiatives. The strengthening of relevant institutions to address issues related to financial crimes, transnational threats, the arrest, and prosecution of sponsors of terrorism would enhance CTF. However, the CTF policies and initiatives require revitalization of the willingness of relevant actors to address the structural and systemic conditions facilitating BH funding activities across the Lake Chad region.

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ÖZİngiliz sömürge döneminde özellikle idari kamu binalarının tasarımı ve inşası sömürge yönetiminin değişik tarihsel aşamalarında Kıbrıs'ta uygulamaya koyduğu mimari felsefesindeki dönüşüm ve sürekliliklerin önemli bir göstergesi olmuştur. Bu makale, Kıbrıs mimari tarihinin önemli dönüşüm süreçlerinden birini oluşturan İngiliz sömürge dönemini birbirini takip eden üç tarihsel dönemde ve bu dönemlerde inşa edilmiş üç eserden hareketle incelemektedir. Bu çerçevede Kıbrıs'ta İngiliz sömürge dönemi mimarisindeki süreklilik ve dönüşümler; İngiliz Koloni Dilini oluşturmada mimarinin yerine, İngiliz Sömürge Mimarisinin genel özelliklerine, tarihsel gelişimine, Kıbrıs'ta İngiliz sömürge dilinin mekâna yansıma biçimlerine atıfta bulunularak irdelenmektedir. Bu tarihsel ve kuramsal arkaplan bağlamında makale, 1878-1960 yılları arasında İngiliz sömürge (koloni) yönetiminin üç farklı döneminde inşa edilen kamusal binaların mimari formlarının, tasarımlarının ve uygulamalarının karşılaştırmalı analizi üzerinden İngiliz sömürge yönetiminin mimari politikalarındaki değişim ve süreklilikleri tartışmaktadır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Kıbrıs, İngiliz Sömürge Dönemi, Mimari, Kamu Binaları COLUMNS OF COLONIALISM: REPRESENTATION OF POLITICAL POWER IN THE OFFICIAL BUILDINGS OF BRITISH RULE IN COLONIAL CYPRUS ABSTRACTThe design and construction of administrative public buildings have been important indicators of the transformations and continuity in the British colonialist architectural philosophy that has been put into practice in Cyprus at different historical stages of the British colonial administration. This article assesses the British colonial period as an era of a major transformation in the architectural history of Cyprus. The authors examine changes and continuities in the British architectural policies regarding the official buildings of the colony through the analyses of three official buildings which were built in three consecutive historical periods under British colonial administration. Within this context, it refers to the role of architecture in constructing the British Colonial language, the general characteristics and historical development of British colonial architecture, and reflection of the colonial language to the architectural forms and spatial policies. Reflecting on historical and theoretical debates on the British architecture in its colonies, the article discusses transformation and continuity in the British architectural policies in Cyprus through a comparative analysis of architectural forms, designs, and applications of official buildings which were erected in three different historical periods between 1871 and 1960.