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Violent non-state actors in world politics
Introduction: Violent non-state actors: exploring their state relations, legitimation, and operationality / Klejda Mulaj -- Fragmentation of sovereignty and violent non-state actors in Colombia / Nazih Richani -- From VNSAs to constitutional politicians: militarism and politics in the Irish Republican Army / Jonathan Tonge -- The persistence of nationalist terrorism: the case of ETA / Ignacio Sánchez-Cuena -- The Kosovo Liberation Army and the intricacies of legitimacy / Klejda Mulaj -- The rise and fall of militant Islamic groups in Egypt / Hassanein Tawfik Ibrahim -- Force of arms and Hizbullah's staying power in precarious Lebanon / Judith Palmer Harik -- Hamas and the prospects of de-radicalization / Omar Ashour -- Armed groups and fragmentation and globalization in Iraq / Eric Herring -- Al Qaeda: from the near to the far enemy and back (1988-2008) / Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou -- The role of sub-national actors in Afghanistan / Amin Saikal -- Militia formation and the 'nationalization' of local conflict in Liberia / Morten Bøås -- Understanding the character and politics of the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone / Kwesi Aning -- UNITA's insurgency lifecycle in Angola / Assis Malaquias -- Violent non-state actors in Sudan / William Reno -- Non-state actors and the role of violence in stateless Somalia / Ken Menkhaus -- Libration Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): failed quest for a 'homeland' / Syed Rifaat Hussain -- Private military firms: the profit side of VNSAs / Peter W. Singer -- Non-state actors in conflict: a challenge for policy and for law / Alyson J.K. Bailes and Daniel Nord.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Non-state actors (International relations)