Abstract

The bacteria of regulatory policy or the various legislative and institutional measures confirm the desire of the Beninese State to strengthen not only the security system against radicalization leading to violent extremism but also to create a real institutional anchor to bring political dialogue to the national level on national and sub-regional security issues. However, generally speaking, the fight against violent extremism in Benin depends on the one hand on the political, legal, administrative, prospective environment, etc. and on the other hand, the political and strategic competence of decision-makers to focus on prospective development ambitions that unite resources. Overall, the Prevention of Violent Extremism does not seem to be on the political agenda. Indeed, we can note that even if from a legal point of view, there are some legal bases for a practice of the Fight Against Violent Extremism that are still recent, the landing of these legal standards in the modes of governance of the issue security is a problem. The insufficiency of such a landing gives the impression that Benin is placing itself in a sub-regional movement without its actions taking into account the needs of its populations and the particular national context. These actions suffer from a certain extraneity which makes them decontextualized and not very effective in the context of preventing violent extremism

Keywords

Benin; violent extremism; security governance; regulatory policy; coastal country