Overview
Acts as a systematic and comprehensive work on militias
Discusses the broader phenomenon of militias and their effects on the international security landscape
Analyzes how the future evolution of militias and paramilitary violence may affect the shape of the international security environment
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About this book
This book describes militias as significant and prevalent actors in today’s international security environment. To separate them from other types of violent non-state groups, such as terrorists, guerrillas and insurgents, the author describes militias as local guardians that use violence to fill a variety of political, social and security gaps, which have created vulnerabilities for their particular constituencies. Although militias are local in orientation, their effects are not contained to particular countries and have only added to the instability in the international system. This book explores how militias contribute to international security issues by furthering state fragility, undermining human rights and democratization, enabling illicit trafficking, prolonging internal conflicts and fostering proxy wars.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Paul Rexton Kan is Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College, USA. His work has been cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes and featured on the websites DefenseOne and Freakanomics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Global Challenge of Militias and Paramilitary Violence
Authors: Paul Rexton Kan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13016-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13015-2Published: 07 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13016-9Published: 25 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 133
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, Conflict Studies, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict