Violent non-state actors and the Syrian Civil War : the ISIS and YPG cases /: the ISIS and YPG cases. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Özden Zeynep Oktav, Emel Parlar Dal, Ali Murat Kurşun, editors.
• Authors: Oktav, Özden Zeynep; Parlar Dal, Emel; Kurşun, Ali Murat
• Contents: Reframing and reassessing the VNSAs in Syrian conflict : an introduction / Özden Zeynep Oktav, Emel Parlar Dal, Ali Murat Kurşun -- Part 1: Actorness. Contested geographies : how ISIS and YPG rule 'no-go' areas in Northern Syria / H. Akın Ünver ; Making sense of the territorial aspirations of ISIS : autonomy, representation, influence / Hakan Mehmetcik, Ali Murat Kurşun ; How to profile PYD/YPG as an actor in the Syrian Civil War : policy implications for the region and beyond / Özlem Kayhan Pusane ; The Assistance Front versus the Islamic State : reciprocal mobilization and the ascendence of violent non-state actors in the Syrian Civil War / Fred H. Lawson -- Part 2: Powerfulness. ISIS as an actor controlling water resources in Syria and Iraq / İbrahim Mazlum -- Part 3: Effectiveness. Surrogate warfare in Syria and the pitfalls of diverging US attitudes towards ISIS and PYD/YPG / Helin Sarı Ertem ; External actors and VNSAs : an analysis of the United States, Russia, ISIS and PYD/YPG / Doruk Ergun ; The EU's stance towards VNSAs during the Syrian crisis : YPG and ISIS cases / Yonca Özer, Fatmanur Kaçar ; Understanding Iran's approach to violent non-state actors : the ISIS and YPG cases / Özden Zeynep Oktav ; The contagion of the Syrian Civil War into Turkey under the impact of ISIS and YPG cases : conditioning factors and diffusion mechanisms / Emel Parlar Dal.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 233 pages)
• Subjects: 355/.03305691; Non-state actors (International relations) -- Syria; Terrorist organizations -- Syria; Religious militants -- Syria; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Non-state actors (International relations); Religious militants; Terrorist organizations; Political Science and International Relations; Terrorism and Political Violence; Middle Eastern Politics; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict; Conflict Studies; International Security Studies; Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-; Syria; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319675282; 3319675281
• Related ISBNs: 9783319675275; 3319675273
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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