Stay away from non-state armed groups

Stay away from non-state armed groups

Should we back the world's freedom fighters? If we are sympathetic to their cause, we may consider it a moral duty, even if others see them as terrorists. There is certainly nothing new about countries providing support to non-state armed groups (NAGs). But it is not a successful strategy in the long run, according to EU-funded research.
Date: 
08/07/2016 - 16:21

States and NAGs can cooperate for a variety of reasons. But which countries choose to assist insurgents, and why? What motivates a NAG’s choice to accept or refuse this help? Is a country’s cooperation with such movements necessarily intentional? And how do these alliances play out?

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COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES AND NON-STATE ARMED GROUPS: SYTEMATIC OR RANDOM PARTNERSHIPS?
See also: 
CORDIS
Project website: 
http://nonstatearmedgroups.ku.edu.tr/
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http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/stay-away-non-state-armed-groups

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