... matter—namely, the activities of freedom fighters and rebels in civil wars and how international law (in ... take over the government of a state by ‘rebels’; ‘warlords’ may control part of the territory of ... against the armed forces of the state as ‘rebels’. Government forces will usually have an advantage, in terms of military equipment and manpower, over the rebels. For instance, the rebels are unlikely to possess jet bombers or sophisticated attack helicopters. The rebels may therefore resort to more ‘basic’ activities that ...
Tópico(s): International Law and Human Rights
2002 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Signed (p. 54): John Jay. Nearly all copies of the work were burned by the author.--Cf. his Correspondence (p. 25). Includes bibliographical references. ...
0000 - Gale Group | Sabin
... ceasefire broke down on May 1, the RUF rebels turned on Ashby and his UN colleagues. Just ... Every Living Thing. It makes sobering reading. "The rebel occupation of Freetown was characterized by the systematic ... morality made them particularly dangerous. Most of the rebels I encountered were too young to remember life ... were quick to exploit this. Negotiating with armed rebels was hazardous enough. Add the unpredictability of a ... population to the peace process, and disarming the rebels themselves. As military observers, we were not allowed ...
Tópico(s): Global Peace and Security Dynamics
2002 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet
Book.
1935 - Gale Group | World Scholar Latin America
... of California Press, 1979); Mark Irving Lichbach, The Rebel's Dilemma (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, ... unpublished manuscript, "The Revolutionary Hero: Charismatic Authority and Rebel Organization" (Monterey, CA: Department of Defense Analysis, Naval ... 308 calls this an "irrational bond"; Lichbach, The Rebel's Dilemma (see note 11 above), 168 and ... Bass on transformational leadership. See also Lichbach, The Rebel's Dilemma (note 11 above), 36–37. Bryman, " ... Leaders" (see note 14 above): 79. Lichbach, The Rebel's Dilemma (see note 11 above), 92–93 ...
Tópico(s): Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
2014 - Taylor & Francis | Terrorism and Political Violence
"Prepared from his daily journal ; to which is added as full sketches of other prisons as can be given without repetition of the above, by parties who have ...
0000 - Gale Group | Sabin
... 2013.10. '48 Captives are Iran "Thugs", Say Rebels in Syria', The New York Times (New York), 5 August 2012. 'Iranians Held by Syria Rebels Released', BBC News, 9 January 2013. http://www. ... Joshi, 'Transition from Assad', 32–3. 'Syria's Rebels: Entanglement at Home and Abroad', Economist, 30 March ... improvised weapons. See 'DIY Weapons of the Syrian Rebels', The Atlantic (Boston MA), 20 February 2013. http:// ... infocus/2013/02/diy-weapons-of-the-syrian-rebels/100461/.18. 'Syria's Civil War: Closer to ... 28–30.20. 'Eu Ends Embargo on Syria Rebels', BBC News, 28 May 2013. http://www.bbc. ...
Tópico(s): Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
2014 - Routledge | Small Wars and Insurgencies
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Iraq Rebel Government decrees only Iraqi flag to be flown over official and semi-official Government departments. Political relations ...
1958 - Gale Group | ArchivesUnbound Iraq
John Ishiyama, Michael Widmeier,
... In particular, we examine whether the ability of rebels to capture and control territory and the level ... local level explains the electoral performance of former rebel political parties, focusing on the Islamic Renaissance Party ... Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, this paper finds that rebel control over districts did explain rebel party's electoral performance in Nepal. However, rebel control of districts in Tajikistan during the civil ... 62. 2. D. Curtis and Jeroun de Zeeuw, 'Rebel Movements and Political Party Development in Post-Conflict ...
Tópico(s): Turkey's Politics and Society
2013 - Taylor & Francis | Civil Wars
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
... reported to be held in slavery by a rebel tribe. Part 6B. Italy. 04/06/1945. FO ...
1945 - Gale Group | ArchivesUnbound Western Europe
This article examines how the civilian constituencies of rebel groups affect their use of violence against civilians. While past research has acknowledged the importance of rebel constituencies, they are primarily seen as only having an indirect effect on rebel behavior. In this study, I conceptualize rebel constituencies as central political opportunity structures for rebel groups providing incentives and imposing restraints on their ... strategic violence and the violent behavior of individual rebel fighters. In particular, I hypothesize that a constituency ...
Tópico(s): Religion and Society Interactions
2015 - SAGE Publishing | Conflict Management and Peace Science
Half title: Cease your funning, or, The rebel detected. Attributed to Charles Kendal Bushe.--NUC pre-1956. Edition statement at head of title. Interleaved. Criticism of Edward Cooke's Arguments for ...
0000 - Gale Group | The Making of Modern World
... on a worldwide basis. Individuals most likely to rebel, or proto-rebels, may learn about the utility of rebellion before ... pre-conflict process. International sources by which proto-rebels learn include active, ongoing civil wars, as well as revolutionary governments that have been founded by rebels victorious in past wars. Revolutionary governments radically shock the international system, teaching proto-rebels about the possible benefits to be gained from ... organization data that capture the year in which rebel movements first emerge, during the period 1968–2001. ...
Tópico(s): International Development and Aid
2016 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Peace Research
... Italian soldiers being held in slavery by a rebel chieftain in Ethiopia. Part 6B. Italy. 14/03/ ...
1945 - Gale Group | ArchivesUnbound Western Europe
Jakana Thomas, William L. Reed, Scott Wolford,
Abstract This article examines why rebel groups make large demands of governments that are inconsistent with their fighting capacity, especially when such demands are almost always rejected. ... ultimately rejected by the government, makes sense for rebels who face a credibility dilemma. Such a dilemma is most likely to arise when militarily weak rebel groups face governments of uncertain strength and can ... a counterintuitive set of strategic incentives for weak rebels, who choose their demands to ensure that they ...
Tópico(s): Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
2016 - University of Cambridge | International Organization
... AU)): Reports on Attack on 94th Regt by Rebel Force; Distribution.
0000 - Gale Group | NCCO EuropeAfrica
This article offers a theory of rebel targeting in civil war. Rebels face two logics of targeting: the logic of compliance in areas where they are fighting for territory, ... remain clandestine. The first boosts civilian targeting because rebels use it as a way to discipline local ... moderates it because unqualified civilian killings could prompt rebels’ supporters to turn against the group and easily ... clandestine structures. In order to avoid this backlash, rebels focus on attacking ‘legitimate’ targets such as security ...
Tópico(s): Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
2017 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Peace Research
... AU)): Reports on Attack on 94th Regt by Rebel Force; Distribution.
0000 - Gale Group | NCCO EuropeAfrica
Why do united rebel fronts emerge in some insurgencies, while in other insurgencies multiple rebel groups mobilize independently to challenge the state, and ... each other? I develop a diffusion model of rebel fragmentation in which participation in rebellion spreads, completely ... hypothesize that two factors jointly determine whether a rebel movement remains unified or fragments: the rebels’ investment in civilian mobilization, and the overall level ... collective action between disparate opposition actors, an emerging rebel movement will tend towards fragmentation when popular grievances ...
Tópico(s): Electoral Systems and Political Participation
2017 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Peace Research