Co-opting Warlords: A Strategy for Success?

Title	Co-opting Warlords: A Strategy for Success?
Publication Type	Book
Subtitle / Series Title	Study by the Department for International Relationships and Foreign Policy at the University of Trier
Year of Publication	2006
Authors	S. Cottle
Volume	Trierer Arbeitspapiere zur Internationalen Politik, Nr. 12
Number of Pages	29 pp.
Publisher	Department for International Relationships and Foreign Policy at the University of Trier
Accession Number	716
Abstract	This paper seeks to examine the value of accepting or including warlords in legitimate governments. Considering the sources of warlord power, is the strategy of co-option - inviting warlords to participate in a national government - an effective strategy for strengthening and rebuilding a failed state?
URL	http://www.deutsche-aussenpolitik.de/resources/tazip/tazip12.pdf

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