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Deterring Violent Non-State Actors in the New Millennium [PDF]

, 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
Thomas, Troy, Casebeer, William
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Still Aiming at the Harder Targets: An Update on Violent Non-State Actors’ Use of Armed UAVs [PDF]

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, are integrated into the repertoire of both state and violent non-state actors (VNSAs).
Haugstvedt, Håvard
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Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wide Open Spaces: The PKK Shows Violent Non-State Actors Need More Than Weak Governance to Thrive [PDF]

, 2013
The PKK in Turkey shows transnational, violent non-state actors operate in weak states for a number of reasons.
Holmes, Katherine
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Research Note on the Energy Infrastructure Attack Database (EIAD)

Perspectives on Terrorism, 2013
The January 2013 attack on the In Amenas natural gas facility drew international attention. However this attack is part of a portrait of energy infrastructure targeting by non-state actors that spans the globe.
Jennifer Giroux, Peter Burgherr, Laura Melkunaite   +2 more
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‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

State and Non-State Actors and Community Security: The Emergence of the Lakurawa Violent Group in Nigeria [PDF]

This paper examines the emergence of the Lakurawa violent group in Nigeria as a case study of the complex interplay between state and non-state actors in shaping community security.
Anjide, PhD, Solomon, Momoh, Salifu Achile   +1 more
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-state actors and political conflict [PDF]

, 2004
In the vast majority of international relations literature, states are assumed to have a monopoly on the use of force throughout their territory. However, states are increasingly facing considerable security challenges from militant non-state actors.
Bapat, Navin A.
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The prominence of non-state violent actors in new forms of irregular warfare [PDF]

, 2011
Para el estudio de nuevos factores en las guerras, cabe comenzar planteando como primer contrapunto que no hay nada nuevo en cuanto a la incursión de actores violentos no estatales.
Malamud, Marina
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