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100	1		_aWilliams, Phil
245			_aDrug trafficking, violence, and instability / _c Phil Williams, Vanda Felbab-Brown.
260			_aCarlisle, PA : _b Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, _c 2012
300			_axii, 72 p. ; _c 23 cm.
505			_aFighting the nexus of organized crime and violent conflict while enhancing human security / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Insurgencies and organized crime / Phil Williams.
520			_aAlthough 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.
650			_aOrganized crime.
650			_aDrug trafficking.
650			_aInsurgency.
650			_aPolitical stability.
700			_aFelbab-Brown, Vanda.
856			_u http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1101 _zLink to full text in PDF format.
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