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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oktav, Özden Zeynep, editor.

Parlar Dal, Emel, editor.

Kurşun, Ali Murat, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IS (Organization).

People's Protection Units (Organization).

Non-state actors (International relations)--Syria.

Non-state actors (International relations).

Terrorist organizations--Syria.

Terrorist organizations.

Religious militants--Syria.

Religious militants.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.

Syria.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 233 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319675275

3319675273

OCLC:

1002128344