Fighting and negotiating with armed groups the difficulty of securing strategic outcomes
"Fighting armed groups is an uncertain business, and so is negotiating. Doing both alternately, concurrently or selectively, is highly demanding. This book developes a framework to help analysts and policymakers understand the challenges of using a combination of coercion and diplomacy in deali...
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Oxon, UK
Routledge
2016
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| Series: | Adelphi
459 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The strategic art of confronting armed groups
- 1. The difficulties of accommodating or eliminating armed groups
- 2. Struggle to move from military stalemate to negotiations
- 3. The ruthless pragmatism of being selective and deceptive
- 4. When partnerships of states confront armed groups
- 5. The lopsided strategies of very weak or very strong states
- Conclusion