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Title

  • Drug trafficking, violence, and instability

Summary

  • Although challenges posed by various kinds of violent armed groups initially appear highly diverse and unrelated to one another, in fact they all reflect the increasing connections between security and governance and, in particular, the relationship between poor governance and violent armed groups. In many cases, these groups are overtly challenging the state; in others they are cooperating and colluding with state structures while subtly undermining them; in yet others, the state is a passive bystander while violent armed groups are fighting one another. The mix is different, the combinations vary, and the perpetrators of violence have different motives, methods, and targets. In spite of their divergent forms, violent nonstate actors (VNSAs) share certain qualities and characteristics. These violent armed groups represent a common challenge to national and international security, a challenge that is far greater than the sum of the individual groups, and that is likely to grow rather than diminish over the next several decades. This monograph focuses on the complex relationship between human security, crime, illicit economies, and law enforcement. It also seeks to disentangle the linkages between insurgency on the one hand and drug trafficking and organized crime on the other, suggesting that criminal activities help sustain an insurgency, but also carry certain risks for the insurgency.

Names

  • Williams, Phil, 1948-
  • Felbab-Brown, Vanda
  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

  • Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]

Contents

  • Fighting the nexus of organized crime and violent conflict while enhancing human security / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Insurgencies and organized crime / Phil Williams.

Headings

  • -  Drug traffic
  • -  Insurgency
  • -  Organized crime
  • -  Political stability
  • -  Violence

Notes

  • -  "April 2012."
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xii, 72 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV8079.N3

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023692803

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Chicago citation style:

Williams, Phil, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023692803/.

APA citation style:

Williams, P., Felbab-Brown, V. & Army War College, U. S. S. S. I. (2012) Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023692803/.

MLA citation style:

Williams, Phil, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023692803/>.