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... we are all infidels, and thus we deserve death by the most violent means possible. They find their justification in the Qu'ran. Go read ... commonality among my examples is instead that the actors are engaged in battle, consider instead for a moment the hypothetical ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Violent Non-State Actors in the Middle Eastern Region by J. Bernhard Compton, Small ...

Journal Article - Aug 25 2008 - 5:38pm - 0 comments

... Such thinking creates functional sancuaries for bad actors and relieves weak actors from their responsibilities. I am far more ... selfish, ignoble organizations emerge. Sometimes non-violent tactics are adopted, sometimes violent tactics are adopted. All of ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... over the Shah, with the U.S. as well.  Non-state actors are an even greater concern; as these threats are nowhere and ... be happy to support them if they agree to switch to non-violent tactics to advance their position. As with Egypt we will ensure that ...

Blog entry - Feb 4 2011 - 4:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments

... is the process of reducing the means and motivations for violent conflict while developing more viable, peaceful, alternatives for the ... dealt with either by containment (for threats from state actors), or through a combination of SFA programs, intelligence and law ...

Journal Article - Jan 26 2011 - 5:54am - 79 comments

... emerge from into a rich recruiting ground for non-state UW actors such as Al Qaeda, who will happily sign them up to fight you where ever ... for Insurgency theory. One is external, legal violent competition between states; the other is internal, illegal, violent or ...

Journal Article - May 5 2011 - 8:01pm - 73 comments

... "insurgencies" are actually not brutal, and not even violent. Dr. Maria Stephens, formerly of Tufts, and currently at the US ... or among states is brutal. Armed conflict among non-state actors (criminal gangs, ethnic militias, etc) is brutal. And, yes, insurgency ...

Journal Article - Aug 15 2010 - 6:17am - 72 comments

... claim isnt (and has never been) that we are replacing bad actors with worse actors, or that the SOF operators arent highly qualified and ... illegal violence is not insurgency. All insurgency is not violent. You have to look at the actors involved and the causation for their ...

Journal Article - Dec 11 2010 - 9:53am - 67 comments

... of a small ruling segment of that society. The violent aspect of that populace is the mere tip of the iceberg of the larger ... from "For Neda" was the indirect support from external actors. In this case, the Green Revolution gained support from 30 year old ...

Blog entry - Jun 13 2010 - 7:00am - 69 comments - 0 attachments

... sophisticated precision weapons in the hands of states and nonstate actors. Similar to the argument in my previous column, the ... Pakistan. No country is more endangered by the presence of violent extremists, which is why we will continue to press Pakistan to expand ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2011 - 12:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments