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Armin Stähli
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Dr.
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Stähli
First name
Armin
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armin.staehli@unisg.ch
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+41 71 224 2160
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PublicationDynamics of Insurgent Innovation: How Hezbollah and Other Non-State Actors Develop New Capabilities( 2019)
;DeVore, MarcFranke, UlrikeType: journal articleJournal: Comparative StrategyVolume: 38Issue: 4 -
PublicationAnarchy’s anatomy: Two-tiered security systems and Libya’s civil warsNo issue deserves more scrutiny than the mechanisms whereby popular unrest unleashes civil wars. We argue that one institution – two-tiered security systems – is particularly pernicious in terms of the accompanying civil war risk. These systems’ defining characteristic is the juxtaposition of small communally stacked units that protect regimes from internal adversaries with larger regular armed forces that deter external opponents. These systems aggravate civil war risks because stacked security units lack the size to repress widespread dissent, but inhibit rapid regime change through coup d’état. Regular militaries, meanwhile, fracture when ordered to employ force against populations from which they were recruited.Type: journal articleJournal: The Journal of Strategic Studies
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Sicherheit & RechtIssue: 2
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PublicationExplaining Hezbollah's Effectiveness: Internal and External Determinants of the Rise of Violent Non-State ActorsFew issues are more important to scholars of security studies than understanding the impact of state sponsorship on the capabilities of non-state armed actors. The subject of our study—Lebanon's Hezbollah—was selected based on its reputation amongst scholars and policymakers alike as an exceptionally capable organization. In our inquiry, we seek to answer the following questions about Hezbollah's rapid emergence during the 1980s as one of the world's premier armed non-state actors: (a) how did Iranian sponsorship contribute to Hezbollah's effectiveness?; and (b) to what extent did Hezbollah's success depend on characteristics endogenous to the organization itself? To preview our conclusions, state sponsorship can contribute markedly to non-state actors' capabilities by providing resources and sanctuary. However, the ultimate effectiveness of non-state armed groups depends heavily on such internal characteristics as their decision-making processes and members' backgrounds. Thus, while state support may be necessary for non-state actors to achieve their goals, it is insufficient as a guarantee of their effectiveness.Type: journal articleJournal: Terrorism and political violenceVolume: 27Issue: 2
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Sicherheit & RechtIssue: 1
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Jusletter
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Swiss Political Science ReviewVolume: 17Issue: 1