POLS 313: Armed Non-State Actors in International Politics (HC)

"The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state-of-the-art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence." - publisher's description.
See essays on Islam, Jihad and "Rethinking Religion and Violence in the Middle East" by Jeroen Gunning.

Provides a comprehensive reference work on terrorism from a distinctly historical perspective, offering systematic analyses of key themes, problems and case studies from terrorism's long past. Offers regional case studies, largely written by local scholars, as well as thematic essays on communication, religion and gender.

Presents recent scholarly studies on terrorism from a criminological perspective. Also available in print.

Includes essays on non-state actors and on security.

From Fidel Castro to Qassem Soleimani, the US government has been involved in an array of assassinations against foreign leaders and officials. This study reveals how successive administrations - through private justifications and public legitimations – ensured assassination remained an available tool.

The essays highlight the transnational dimensions of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency and evaluate the emerging regional and national architectures of countering terrorism and insurgency They also analyze the entry of non-state actors - such as civil society, volunteer groups, private security companies and defence contractors - into the theatre of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency in Africa.

Analyzes recent scholarship concerning contemporary non-state violence and the state’s response to it.

Presents a collection of overview essays with individual contributions focused on Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Middle East generally as well as the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and Hizbullah.

This handbook brings together research conducted throughout Europe and the world, to analyse various articulations of violent extremism and consider the impact that such groups and networks have had on the wellbeing of communities and societies. It examines different theories, factors and national case studies of extremism, polarisation and societal fragmentation.

The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Volumes in the series since 1952 are organized chronologically according to Presidential administrations, and geographically and topically within each subseries. Foreign Relations volumes contain documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy. In general, the editors choose documentation that illuminates policy formulation and major aspects and repercussions of its execution. The official record of U.S. foreign policy. As it reprints papers on major policies, many after their declassification, publication is delayed for the last (approx.) 30 years at any one time.