- offers a better understanding of the reasons behind why the U.S. and international community rely upon paramilitary actors - shows why paramilitaries are essential for counterinsurgency operations, center-periphery relations, and the state formation process - fills a gap in the existing theories of militia behaviour, giving more focus on the complicated interplay of actors at the sub-national level

- offers a better understanding of the reasons behind why the U.S. and international community rely upon paramilitary actors - shows why paramilitaries are essential for counterinsurgency operations, center-periphery relations, and the state formation process - fills a gap in the existing theories of militia behaviour, giving more focus on the complicated interplay of actors at the sub-national level