--- title: How U.S. Strategy Against Boko Haram Could Backfire description: How our latest moves against Boko Haram could backfire, making peace with Common Core math and more. canonical: https://time.com/4088668/how-u-s-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-backfire/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-27T16:01:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:08.130Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How U.S. Strategy Against Boko Haram Could Backfire og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4088668/how-u-s-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-backfire/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How U.S. Strategy Against Boko Haram Could Backfire twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How U.S. Strategy Against Boko Haram Could Backfire by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 27, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 27, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Our strategy — and partnerships — in Africa against Boko Haram could backfire.**](http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/10/us-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-prove-counterproductive.html) By Alexander Thurston in Al Jazeera America **2\.** [**Common Core math is not the enemy.**](https://medium.com/i-math/common-core-math-is-not-the-enemy-c05b68f46b3e#.ngfyjtp7w) By Brett Berry in Medium **3\.** [**Here’s why women are crucial for international peace.**](http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2015/10/26/whats-the-problem-with-women-peace-and-security/) By Ambassador Cathy Russell at the Council on Foreign Relations **4\.** [**Yes, high schoolers can eat healthy. Here’s how.**](http://civileats.com/2015/10/21/how-food-trucks-are-serving-up-healthy-food-to-high-school-students/) By Kristine Wong in Civil Eats **5\.** [**Want more diverse movies? Start with a female director.**](http://time.com/4087813/female-directors-study/) By Eliana Dockterman in Time  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4088668/how-u-s-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-backfire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4088668/how-u-s-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-backfire/"},"headline":"How U.S. Strategy Against Boko Haram Could Backfire","datePublished":"2015-10-27T16:01:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:08.130Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4088668/how-u-s-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-backfire/","keywords":["Innovation","women","movies","High School","Common Core","Boko Haram"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4088668/how-u-s-strategy-against-boko-haram-could-backfire/","name":"How U.S. Strategy Against Boko Haram Could Backfire"}}]}] ```