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Zusatztext Shedding valuable light on the shady world of covert state support for rebel groups, this book makes a major contribution to the open-polity perspective on civil war. With admirable conceptual clarity and analytical precision, Belgin San-Akca shows that transnational conflict patterns cannot be reduced to rebels opportunistic exploitation of state weakness or simple models of proxy warfare. Instead, States in Disguise explains the interaction of strategies pursued by states and autonomous rebel organizations and how the former support the latter as an common and often crucial, but still unofficial, aspect of international relations. Informationen zum Autor Belgin San-Akca is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Koç University. Klappentext States in Disguise builds a rigorous theoretical framework within which to study the complex and fluid network of relationships between states and rebel groups, including ethnic and religious insurgents, revolutionary groups, and terrorists. Zusammenfassung States in Disguise builds a rigorous theoretical framework within which to study the complex and fluid network of relationships between states and rebel groups, including ethnic and religious insurgents, revolutionary groups, and terrorists. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Bringing Nonstate Armed Groups into the Study of International Relations 2. A Selection Theory of State Support for Rebel Groups 3. Dangerous Companions: Research Design, Data Collection and Coding Procedures 4. States' Selection Model 5. Rebels' Selection Model 6. Conclusion: Main Trends in State Support of Nonstate Armed Groups Appendix 1. Sample Data Table Appendix 2. Dangerous Companions: Cooperation between States and Nonstate Armed Groups (NAGs) Appendix 3. States with a Single-party Communist Regime (Up to 2010) Appendix 4. The Entire Cases of Intentional Support, 1945 2010Appendix 5. The Entire Cases of De Facto Support, 1945 2010 Notes Bibliography Index ...
