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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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Violent Non-state Actors and the Syrian Civil War

, 2018
This book sheds new light on the security challenges for failed states posed by violent non-state armed actors (VNSAs). By focusing on the Syrian Civil War, it explores the characteristics, ideologies and strategies of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the ...
Kurşun, Ali Murat,, Oktav, Özden Zeynep,, Parlar Dal, Emel,   +2 more
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Globalization and the Emergence of Violent Non-state Actors: The Case of Human Trafficking

New Global Studies, 2015
Abstract This study examines the impact of globalization on the emergence of human trafficking as a transnational security threat. The author discusses the relationship between globalization and violent non-state actors (VNSAs), seeing human trafficking as one of VNSAs threatening the state in the age of globalization.
Tatiana Zhidkova, Zhidkova, Tatiana
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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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Process tracing and non-state violent actors: ensuring methodological rigor in the study of non-state violent actors (without getting yourself killed)

Small Wars & Insurgencies
Study of non-state violent actors can be impeded by a variety of challenges inherent to the these organizations. Methodologies not well-suited to these dynamics may result in peril for the researcher and/or her subjects, and lead to perhaps less rigorous
Julie Mazzei, Sweta Sen
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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 and Criminal Non-State Actors

, 2018
This chapter takes stock of the main scholarly and policy debates pertaining to the rise of violent and criminal governors. First, it delves into the reasons that drive these actors towards investing in governance; emphasizing the usefulness of governance provision to extract resources, enhance control, built legitimacy, and fulfil state-building ...
Benedetta Berti
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Deterring Violent Non-state Actors [PDF]

, 2020
AbstractThe chapter examines the relevance and applicability of deterrence to violent non-state actors (VNSAs). VNSAs have become important players in the international system. Traditional deterrence theory and practice has limited utility against VNSAs due to their different characteristics to those of states that makes them less susceptive to ...
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Precipitating state failure: do civil wars and violent non-state actors create failed states? [PDF]

Third World Quarterly, 2017
This article examines whether the incidence of civil wars and the presence of violent non-state actors have an effect on state failure. Research on failed states has thus far prioritised armed conflicts as one of the key causes of state failure.
Huseyn Aliyev, Aliyev, Huseyn
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Violent non-state actors' patterns of power: The case of Hezbollah [PDF]

Journal of Regional Security
Conventional 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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