The Rise and the Future of Militias in the Mena Region

• Main Author: Tarik M. Yousef (auth)
• Other Authors: Federica Saini Fasanotti (auth), Arturo Varvelli (auth), Ranj Alaaldin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Ledizioni 2020
• Series: Pubblicazioni ISPI
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In recent decades, militias and sub-national armed groups have played a decisive role in politics and security in the MENA region. Their prominence with local and outside actors in areas where state institutions have collapsed presents multiple policy challenges. Armed groups have access to substant...