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Modeling Violent Non-State Actors: A Summary of Concepts and Methods
, 2004 Abstract : Violent non-state actors (VNSA), such as terrorist organizations, play an increasingly important role in the international security environment. Effectively deterring, coercing, disrupting or destroying terrorist organizations requires a subtle understanding of the factors that influence their growth and formation.
Bartolomei, Jason +2 more
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The European Union, Conflict Transformation and Civil Society: A Conceptual Framework [PDF]
The European Union considers conflict resolution as a cardinal objective of its foreign policy. It makes use of a number of policy instruments to promote conflict transformation through ‘constructive engagement’, which cover a range of sectors affecting ...
Nathalie Tocci
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas +4 more
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Cutting Bread or Cutting Throats? – Findings from a New Database on Religion, Violence and Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Despite the religious diversity in sub-Saharan Africa and the religious overtones in a number of African conflicts, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in Africa.
Georg Strüver +2 more
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Defending Activists at Risk: Protecting Human Rights Defenders from Threats and Violence [PDF]
, 2013 This paper seeks to identify protection and security strategies that can be utilized to support human rights defenders. With the intention of making this paper useful to both human rights practitioners and grantmakers, we discuss important legislation ...
Deji Olukotunand +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz +7 more
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Czech Journal of International Relations, 2016 In 2012, Islamist violent non-state actors in northern Mali succeeded in fighting against the Malian army, and they got the entire north Malian territory under their control.
Zdeněk Ludvík
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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Deterring Violent Non-State Actors in the New Millennium
, 2002 The attacks of September 11 and the ensuing global war on terrorism have highlighted what many observers had predicted during the 1990s: that collective violence and challenges to the international system by violent non-state actors (VNSA) would become a defining feature of the post-Cold War security environment.
Casebeer, William, Thomas, Troy
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Hamas and the Threat of Exclusive Territorial Control by Violent Non-State Actors
Studies in Conflict & TerrorismUntil the war that followed the attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, Hamas held factual dominion over both a specific territory and a defined population, resembling a traditional sovereign. Yet, in its military operations and in relation to its territorial control, Hamas does not abide by international rules or norms.
Wolf, Dana, Berger Hobson, Ronit
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