Title Warlords : strong-arm brokers in weak states / Kimberly Marten

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) : map Series Cornell studies in security affairs Cornell studies in security affairs Contents Warlords : an introduction -- Warlords and universal sovereignty -- Ungoverned warlords : Pakistan's FATA in the twentieth century -- The Georgian experiment with warlords -- Chechnya : the sovereignty of Ramzan Kadyrov -- It takes three : Washington, Baghdad, and the Sons of Iraq -- Conclusion : lessons and hypotheses Summary Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era, warlords today are not state-builders. Instead they collude with cost-conscious, corrupt, or frightened state officials to flout and undermine state capacity. They thrive on illegality, relying on private militias for support, and often provoke violent resentment from those who are cut out of their networks. Some act as middlemen for competing states, helping to hollow out their own states from within. Countries ranging from the United States to Russia have repeatedly chosen to ally with warlords, but Marten argues that to do so is a dangerous proposition. Drawing on interviews, documents, local press reports, and in-depth historical analysis, Marten examines warlordism in the Pakistani tribal areas during the twentieth century, in post-Soviet Georgia and the Russian republic of Chechnya, and among Sunni militias in the U.S.-supported Anbar Awakening and Sons of Iraq programs. In each case state leaders (some domestic and others foreign) created, tolerated, actively supported, undermined, or overthrew warlords and their militias. Marten draws lessons from these experiences to generate new arguments about the relationship between states, sovereignty, "local power brokers," and stability and security in the modern world Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Subject Warlordism -- History -- 20th century Warlordism -- History -- 21st century Warlordism and international relations. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Warlordism Warlordism and international relations Militären och samhället. Milis. Krig -- historia. Internationella relationer. Rustningskontroll. Internationell säkerhet. Säkerhetspolitik. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011051561 ISBN 0801464110 9780801464119 0801456797 9780801456794 0801464587 9780801464584

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