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Arming the Peace: Foreign Security Assistance and Human Rights Conditions in Post-Conflict Countries / Sullivan, Patricia L; Blanken, Leo J; Rice, Ian C

Sullivan, Patricia L	Journal Article
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What are the effects of foreign security assistance on the quality of the peace in post-conflict countries? Despite the stakes, and the tremendous amount of weaponry and other forms of foreign military aid flowing to governments of post-conflict countries, the academic literature provides little guidance as to what effects policymakers and practitioners should expect from this type of aid. Military assistance provided to the government of a country emerging from the turmoil of civil war could enable the state to establish a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, leading to a more durable peace and greater human security. However, we contend that significant flows of military aid and weapons from foreign governments may encourage regimes to adopt more repressive approaches to governance. We investigate the impact of security assistance on human rights conditions after 171 internal armed conflicts that ended between 1956 and 2012 using a novel measure of military aid and an instrumented measure of weapons transfers. We find strong evidence that both military aid and arms transfers to post-conflict governments increase state repression.

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Human Rights ; Arms transfers ; Foreign Aid ; Repression ; Military Aid ; Post conflict ;
H56 ; H11 ; H41 ; F35

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Bring back the privateers / Rice, Ian C; Borer, Douglas A

Borer, Douglas A	Article
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IF STRATEGY is the art of rethinking the possible, then the time for strategic innovation against what the U.S. military terms violent extremist organizations (VEOs) is now. The American-led air war in Iraq and Syria may have shown some progress against the Islamic State and other VEOs, but the VEOs and their sympathizers have hit back with attacks in France and brutal beheadings of journalists and aid workers. Frustration is growing in Congress as the traditional tools of American power fail to produce decisive results. But what can those on Capitol Hill do?

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Al Qaeda ; Revolutionary war ; U.S. Military ; International Coalition ; ISIS ; Civil War ;
Iraq and Syria ; Bring Back ; Strategic Advantages ; Violent Extremist Organizations ; VEOs ; Grant Letters ;
Private Military Corporations ; PMCs ; Integral Force

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