Over recent years, jihadists have had a string of tactical wins against West African armies. Evidence from their attacks on Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) suggests that the ‘antifragile’ character of their tactics may provide an explanation for these successes. According to the best-selling author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, all things fall into one of two categories. They are either ‘fragile’ or the opposite, ‘antifragile’. ‘Fragility’ »