Essays about: "Transnational rebels"

Found 2 essays containing the words Transnational rebels.

1. 1. The Effects of Resource Endowments on Transnational Rebel Recruitment

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Johannes Stevense; [2021]
   Keywords : Transnational rebels; Recruitment; Insurgency; Resource endowments; Weinstein; Foreign fighters; Armed conflict; NPFL; NRA; Liberia; Uganda; Ivory Coast;

   Abstract : While transnational rebellion and rebel recruitment have received much attention in previous literature, the combination of the two, transnational rebel recruitment, has been relatively understudied. This study aims to cover this research gap by further developing Jeremy Weinstein’s theory on resource endowments to test their effect on transnational rebel recruitment. READ MORE

3. 2. Exploring the demand side of foreign rebel recruitment : a comparative case study of Al Qaeda in Iraq (2004-2008) and the Islamic State (2012-2016)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Edin Kozaric; [2017]
   Keywords : foreign recruitment; transnational recruitment; organizational complexity; Al Qaeda in Iraq; Islamic State;

   Abstract : While previous research on foreign recruitment has investigated how rebels manage to recruit from abroad, little attention has been given to the factors that regulate demand from the rebel point of view. This thesis suggests that the organizational complexity of a rebel group affects its range of personnel needs and capability of rendering recruits into military assets. READ MORE