Research Catalog

Title

Violent non-state actors and the Syrian Civil War : the ISIS and YPG cases / Özden Zeynep Oktav, Emel Parlar Dal, Ali Murat Kurşun, editors.

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
• ©2018

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Additional Authors

• Oktav, Özden Zeynep
• Parlar Dal, Emel
• Kurşun, Ali Murat

Description

viii, 233 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"This book sheds new light on the security challenges for failed states posed by violent non-state armed actors (VNSAs). By focusing on the Syrian Civil War, it explores the characteristics, ideologies and strategies of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the People's Protection Units (YPG), as well as the regional and geopolitical impacts of these VNSAs. The contributors also cover topics such as the re-imagination of borders, the YPG's demands for national sovereignty, and the involvement of regional and global powers in the Syrian crisis"--Back cover.

Subjects

• Syria
• Non-state actors (International relations)
• Terrorist organizations
• Religious militants
• IS (Organization)
• Non-state actors (International relations) > Syria
• Terrorist organizations > Syria
• Religious militants > Syria
• Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
• People's Protection Units (Organization)
• Syria > History > Civil War, 2011-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Reframing and reassessing the VNSAs in Syrian conflict : an introduction / Özden Zeynep Oktav, Emel Parlar Dal, Ali Murat Kurşun -- 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 -- Islamic State versus the popular protection units : reciprocal mobilization of violent non-state actors in the Syrian Civil War / Fred H. Lawson -- ISIS as an actor controlling water resources in Syria and Iraq / İbrahim Mazlum -- 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 -- 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 -- Contagion of the Syrian Civil War into Turkey under the impact of ISIS and YPG cases : conditioning factors and diffusion mechanisms / Emel Parlar Dal.

Call Number

JFE 18-8695

ISBN

• 9783319675275
• 3319675273

OCLC

1002128344

Title

Violent non-state actors and the Syrian Civil War : the ISIS and YPG cases / Özden Zeynep Oktav, Emel Parlar Dal, Ali Murat Kurşun, editors.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Oktav, Özden Zeynep, editor.

Parlar Dal, Emel, editor.

Kurşun, Ali Murat, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-8695