HORIZON 2020 - Stay away from non-state armed groups

Should we back the world's freedom fighters? If we are sympathetic to their cause, we may consider it a moral duty, even if others see them as terrorists. There is certainly nothing new about countries providing support to non-state armed groups (NAGs). But it is not a successful strategy in the long run, according to EU-funded research.

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Innovation Funding Researchers Security Marie Skłodowska Curie actions Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens Turkey

date: 08/07/2016

Project: COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES AND NON-STATE...

acronym: State-NAGCooperation

See also: CORDIS

States and NAGs can cooperate for a variety of reasons. But which countries choose to assist insurgents, and why? What motivates a NAG’s choice to accept or refuse this help? Is a country’s cooperation with such movements necessarily intentional? And how do these alliances play out?

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