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Militias have proven to be a consistent and enduring challenge to
achieving peace in war zones around the world. Whether armed by
embattled governments in defence of their territory or fostered by
external actors in the interests of greed or grievance, these
groups occupy an uncertain and deeply controversial position in the
changing landscape of conflict. Linked variously to atrocities
against civilians or international criminal elements, part of what
distinguishes them from more traditional combatants is their
willingness to engage in violent tactics that defy international
norms as well as a proclivity to embrace expediency in
alliance-making. As such, their diversity of form, unorthodox
nature and sheer numbers make achieving short-term stability and an
enduring peace a consistently difficult proposition. Bringing
together the lessons learned from four intensively researched case
studies - the Democratic Republic of Congo, Timor-Leste,
Afghanistan and Sudan - the book argues that the overly rigid
'cookie-cutter' approach to demilitaristation, developed and
commonly implemented presently by the international community, is
ineffective at meeting the myriad of challenges involving militias.
In doing so, the authors propose a radical new framework for
demilitarization that questions conventional models and takes into
account on-the-ground realities.
Militias have proven to be a consistent and enduring challenge to
achieving peace in war zones around the world. Whether armed by
embattled governments in defence of their territory or fostered by
external actors in the interests of greed or grievance, these
groups occupy an uncertain and deeply controversial position in the
changing landscape of conflict. Linked variously to atrocities
against civilians or international criminal elements, part of what
distinguishes them from more traditional combatants is their
willingness to engage in violent tactics that defy international
norms as well as a proclivity to embrace expediency in
alliance-making. As such, their diversity of form, unorthodox
nature and sheer numbers make achieving short-term stability and an
enduring peace a consistently difficult proposition. Bringing
together the lessons learned from four intensively researched case
studies - the Democratic Republic of Congo, Timor-Leste,
Afghanistan and Sudan - the book argues that the overly rigid
'cookie-cutter' approach to demilitaristation, developed and
commonly implemented presently by the international community, is
ineffective at meeting the myriad of challenges involving militias.
In doing so, the authors propose a radical new framework for
demilitarization that questions conventional models and takes into
account on-the-ground realities.
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