Playing dirty to survive

The vulnerability of civilian targets within U.S. military aid recipient states

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12258554
AutoresAmira Jadoon (0000-0001-8716-0565, United States Military Academy, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen30
Número3
Páginas587-614
Fecha de publicación2019-04-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSmall Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09592318.2019.1601865
OpenAlexW2952231160
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas41

U.S. military aid provides recipient governments the fighting capability they require to undermine domestic militant groups, which can undermine groups’ leadership structures and trigger group splintering. In this environment, brutal attacks against non-combatants become an effective mechanism for targeted groups to signal their resolve and outbid competitors. A large-n analysis of U.S. military aid between 1989 -2011 links higher levels of military aid with higher levels of rebel-perpetrated civilian killings, and deaths due to explosive attacks on non-combatant targets. A closer examination of the case of Pakistan sheds further light on the underlying causal mechanisms

Combatant · Computer security · Criminology · Deterrence theory · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East