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The impact of precision strike technology on the warfare of non-state armed groups: case studies on Daesh and the Houthis

Small Wars and Insurgencies
Precision strikes from a distance are a common practice of state warfare. However, the global proliferation of precision strike technologies, like missiles and armed drones, makes such weapons progressively available to non-state armed groups (NSAGs). We
Max Mutschler, Marius Bales, Esther Meininghaus   +2 more
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Trials and penal sanctions by non-state armed groups

, 2023
This thesis sets out the international legal framework applicable to the passing of penal sentences by armed groups during non-international armed conflicts and assesses the practical and normative challenges that it entails. It explains that international law neither explicitly prohibits nor explicitly permits the passing of penal sentences by armed ...
Jöbstl, Hannes
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Non-state armed groups and the Yemen war [PDF]

, 2023
Este estudo visa examinar a presença de grupos armados não estaduais durante conflitos armados internos e internacionais. O foco desta tese é encontrar uma definição destes grupos e aplicá-la aos Houthis como parte do conflito iemenita, a fim de compreender o papel que estes grupos podem alcançar num conflito real.
Genésio, Marta Maria Ferreira Gomes Lopes
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Organizational modes of non-state armed groups

, 2017
To what extent can two 'Modes' be found amongst non-state armed groups (NSAGs)? The Modes theory hypotheses that NSAGs are organized into two distinct Modes, either the 'Imagistic' or the 'Doctrinal' Mode, with each Mode characterised by a particular organisational structure and type of resource extraction.
Ben Johannes, Johannes, Ben
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Liquid or Solid Warfare? Autocratic States, Non-State Armed Groups and the Socio-Spatial Dimension of Warfare in Yemen

Geopolitics, 2023
Precision-strike warfare from a distance is frequently presented as a particularly democratic way of war. Governments of democratic states avoid boots on the ground, as they fear not getting re-elected should a war result in many casualties and high ...
Max Mutschler, Marius Bales
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Intra-Party Dynamics and the Political Transformation of Non-State Armed Groups [PDF]

International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2012
Although non-state armed groups are primary stakeholders in contemporary political conflicts, there has been little research into their members’ perspectives on internal factors shaping radicalisation and de-radicalisation. State and international actors
Véronique Dudouet
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The Legality of Judicial Courts Convened by Non- State Armed Groups [PDF]

Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2019
Establishing courts in territories under domination of non-state armed groups is one of the first actions of that groups for making order and law in that places to trial opposition soldiers, civilians and their own members.
Seyed Hesamoddin Lesani
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Urban Resources and Their Linkage to Political Agendas for Armed Groups in Cities

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021
Rapid urbanisation in countries undergoing or recovering from armed conflict has imposed severe strain on public services and governance. It has also been accompanied by increasing policy and academic concern about the vulnerability of cities to armed ...
Antônio Sampaio
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Perspective of the Islamic Law of War on the Armed Non-state Actors’ Militancy

Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2021
The Islamic law of war and International Humanitarian law (IHL), both aim at preserving the human dignity of combatants and non-combatants by defining the parameters for the belligerent parties in the conduct of war.
Asma Nasar Chattha
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Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Committed by Non-State Armed Groups Against Women/Girls and lgbti+ Persons in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Peru’s Case

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 2023
The Peruvian Communist Party/Shining Path or Sendero Luminoso (pcp-sl) and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (mrta) committed rape and other sexual violence atrocities against women/girls and executions of lgbti+ persons during Peru’s non ...
Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo
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