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Deterring violent non-state actors: dilemmas and implications [PDF]
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2019 Purpose – This paper aims to address the limitations of classical deterrence theory in dealing with violent non-state actors (VNSAs). Design/methodology/approach – The study uses qualitative methods.
Raghda Elbahy
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Violent non-state actors' patterns of power: The case of Hezbollah [PDF]
Journal of Regional SecurityConventional International Relations emphasises the role of states as the primary actors, with control being the ultimate form of power. However, in today's interconnected and intricate global landscape, non-state actors, particularly violent non-state ...
Jaber Boushra
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Behavioral Patterns among (Violent) Non-State Actors: A Study of Complementary Governance
Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2015 This article is part of a multi-year study of governance structures in the midst of insecurity and organized crime in fragile sub-state regions, where in the absence of a strong state, non-state actors (like insurgents, traffickers and tribal warlords ...
Annette Iris Idler, James J.F. Forest
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Exploring Agreements of Convenience Made among Violent Non-State Actors
Perspectives on Terrorism, 2012 This article aims to enhance our understanding of how different groups of violent non-state actors (VNSAs) interact. It narrows the conceptual gap that has existed in the literature on VNSAs and the complex and multiple types of relationships that exist ...
Annette Idler
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Cahiers des Amériques Latines, 2022 This work examines the management of the pandemic through the local actions of violent state and non-state actors: the armed forces, the police and criminal groups.
Annabelle Dias Félix +2 more
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Liquid Territoriality and Al-Shabaab
Czech Journal of International Relations, 2020 The text presents a contribution to the study of territoriality of violent non-state actors in areas of limited internal state power projection. It presents the strategy of liquid territoriality as a survival strategy of the territorial violent non ...
Bohumil Doboš
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Revista Científica General José María Córdova, 2022 How do criminal agendas affect a peace process with violent non-state actors? This article endeavors to resolve this question by presenting a qualitative analysis of the gang truce in El Salvador during the government of Mauricio Funes, using the Peace ...
Esteban Arratia-Sandoval
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A Flying Reign of Terror? The Who, Where, When, What, and How of Non-state Actors and Armed Drones
Journal of Human Security, 2023 Over the last five years, violent non-state actors have acquired armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and have been using them extensively. This paper presents the main non-state actors involved and the areas in which they have used this tool, as well ...
Håvard Haugstvedt
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Framing typologies of relations between State and violent non-state actor. From Systemic anarchy to systematic regulation [PDF]
Revista UNISCI, 2023 This article deals with the issue of violent non-state actors (VNSA). First, it shows that states have developed regulatory mechanisms to mitigate anarchy in the international system and create a less conflictual international order.
Zdeněk Ludvík
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2023 This paper explores the multifaceted challenges post-colonial African states face in addressing underdevelopment and ethnoreligious intolerance, resulting in an unstable socio-economic and political environment.
Victor H Mlambo
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