Format:
1 online resource (163 pages)
ISBN:
9780833032324
Content:
This report assesses post-Cold War trends in external support for insurgent movements. It describes the frequency that states, diasporas, refugees, and other non-state actors back guerrilla movements. It also assesses the motivations of these actors and which types of support matter most.
Content:
Intro -- PREFACE -- FIGURE -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- Chapter One INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS AN INSURGENCY? -- METHODOLOGY -- ORGANIZATION -- Chapter Two STATE SUPPORT FOR INSURGENCIES -- STATE SUPPORT FOR INSURGENCIES IN THE 1990s: AN OVERVIEW -- WHERE STATE SUPPORT OCCURS -- STATE SUPPORTERS AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO -- THE BENEFITS OF STATE SUPPORT -- MOTIVATIONS OF STATE SUPPORTERS -- Regional Influence -- Destabilize Neighbors -- Regime Change -- Payback -- Ensuring Influence Within the Opposition -- Internal Security -- Prestige -- Support Coreligionists -- Support Co-Ethnics -- Irredentism -- Leftist Ideology -- Plunder -- Chapter Three DIASPORA SUPPORT FOR INSURGENCIES -- THE LTTE AND THE TAMIL DIASPORA -- Publicity and Propaganda -- Fundraising -- Conclusion -- MOTIVATIONS FOR DIASPORA SUPPORT -- WHY HOST GOVERNMENTS DO NOT BLOCK DIASPORA SUPPORT -- THE LIMITED RANGE OF DIASPORA SUPPORT -- Chapter Four REFUGEE SUPPORT FOR INSURGENCIES -- THE TALIBAN AND AFGHANISTAN'S REFUGEES -- REFUGEE MOTIVATIONS -- THE LIMITED RANGE OF REFUGEE SUPPORT -- Chapter Five OTHER NON-STATE SUPPORTERS OF INSURGENCIES -- LIBERIA AND THE CREATION OF THE RUF -- THE IMPACT OF NPFL EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES -- RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS -- WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS -- AID AGENCIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS -- LIMITS TO SUPPORT -- Chapter Six ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL SUPPORT -- INSURGENT REQUIREMENTS -- CRITICAL FORMS OF SUPPORT -- Safe Haven and Transit -- Financial Resources -- Political Support and Propaganda -- Direct Military Support -- VALUABLE FORMS OF SUPPORT -- Training -- Weapons and Materiel -- MINOR FORMS OF SUPPORT -- Fighters -- Intelligence -- Organizational Aid -- Inspiration -- THE COSTS OF EXTERNAL SUPPORT -- Chapter Seven IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INSURGENCY -- MOVING BEYOND THE COLD WAR.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780833030528
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780833030528
Additional Edition:
Print version Trends in Outside Support for Insurgent Movements
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=227863
URL:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1405
