Gambling With Violence
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In Gambling With Violence, Yelena Biberman Tackles A Global Problem That Is Particularly Consequential For Pakistan And India: State Outsourcing Of Violence To Ordinary Civilians, Criminals, And Ex-insurgents. Why Would These Countries Gamble With Their Own National Security By Outsourcing Violence - Arming Nonstate Actors Inside Their Own Borders? Drawing On Over 200 Interviews, Archival Research, And Fieldwork Conducted Across Asia, Europe, And North America, Biberman Introduces The Balance-of-interests Thesis To Deepen Our Understanding Of State-nonstate Alliances In Civil War. This Framework Centers On The Distribution Of Power During War And Shows How Various Combinations Of Interests Result In Distinct Types Of Coalitions. Incorporating Case Studies Of Civil War And Counterinsurgency, Her Book Sheds Light On How Militias, Alliances, And South Asian Security Connect Today.
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THE THESIS
Why do states choose to outsource violence to nonstate actors, and what are the consequences for national security? Yelena Biberman, a scholar of international relations, investigates the strategic logic behind state-nonstate alliances in civil war. She introduces the balance-of-interests thesis, a framework that analyzes how the distribution of power and competing interests between states and militias dictate the formation and stability of these dangerous partnerships.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- The balance-of-interests theoretical framework for state-nonstate alliances.
- Comparative analysis of civil war and counterinsurgency dynamics.
- Empirical evidence derived from over 200 interviews and extensive archival research.
Scope Limits
- The analysis focuses primarily on South Asian security contexts, specifically India and Pakistan.
- The study does not provide a comprehensive history of all global militia movements.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a rigorous contribution to security studies that successfully bridges the gap between theoretical modeling and field-based political science. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the depth of the primary source research provided by the author.
Page Count:
240
Publication Date:
2019-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190929987
ISBN-13:
9780190929985
Civil War
Asian Studies
Security Studies
International relations
Military History
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