Do terrorism, organized crime (drug production), and state weakness affect contemporary armed conflicts? An empirical analysis

Carla Monteleone

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In 2014, the UN Security Council emphasized the dangers ofterrorism, criminal activity (especially drug production andtrafficking), and state weakness in conflict areas. However, neitherpolicy debates nor scholarly analyses have focussed on thepotential impact of these elements on conflict dynamics andcharacteristics, and the investigated partial relationships have ledto inconclusive results. This article explores the presence in armedconflicts of terrorist groups among fighting parties, major drugproduction (indicating the presence of activities typical of criminalorganizations), and state failure in the period 1990–2011.Focussing on intrastate conflicts, this article highlights that, whilewhen they are isolated their impact on armed conflicts is limited,when the three factors are simultaneously present, theinteractions among them create a sort of threshold effect capableof affecting conflict characteristics and, in particular, conflictduration and incompatibility.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)35-53
Numero di pagine19
RivistaGLOBAL CHANGE, PEACE & SECURITY
Volume28
Stato di pubblicazionePublished - 2016

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Do terrorism, organized crime (drug production), and state weakness affect contemporary armed conflicts? An empirical analysis. / Monteleone, Carla.

In: GLOBAL CHANGE, PEACE & SECURITY, Vol. 28, 2016, pag. 35-53.

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Monteleone, C 2016, 'Do terrorism, organized crime (drug production), and state weakness affect contemporary armed conflicts? An empirical analysis', GLOBAL CHANGE, PEACE & SECURITY, vol. 28, pagg. 35-53.
Monteleone C. Do terrorism, organized crime (drug production), and state weakness affect contemporary armed conflicts? An empirical analysis. GLOBAL CHANGE, PEACE & SECURITY. 2016;28:35-53.
Monteleone, Carla. / Do terrorism, organized crime (drug production), and state weakness affect contemporary armed conflicts? An empirical analysis. In: GLOBAL CHANGE, PEACE & SECURITY. 2016 ; Vol. 28. pagg. 35-53.
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