The crime-conflict nexus and the civil war in Syria

IF 0.6 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2017-09-28 DOI:10.5334/STA.522

C. Steenkamp

引用次数: 14

Abstract

There is a strong relationship between organised crime and civil war. This article contributes to the crime-conflict nexus literature by providing a consideration of the role of organised crime in the Syrian conflict. It provides an overview of pre- and post-war organised crime in Syria. The article then builds the argument that war provides opportunities for organised crime through the state’s diminished law enforcement ability; the economic hardship which civilians face during war; and the abundance of armed groups who all need to generate revenue. Secondly, the paper argues that organised crime also affects the intensity and duration of war by enabling militants to reproduce themselves materially and to build institutions amongst the communities where they are active. The relationships between armed groups and local populations emerge as a central theme in understanding the crime-conflict nexus.

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犯罪与冲突的关系以及叙利亚的内战

有组织犯罪和内战之间有着密切的联系。本文通过提供有组织犯罪在叙利亚冲突中的作用的考虑，为犯罪-冲突联系文献做出了贡献。它概述了叙利亚战前和战后有组织犯罪的情况。然后，文章建立了这样的论点:战争通过削弱国家的执法能力，为有组织犯罪提供了机会;平民在战争期间面临的经济困难;以及大量的武装组织，他们都需要创造收入。其次，论文认为，有组织犯罪也会影响战争的强度和持续时间，因为它使武装分子能够在物质上复制自己，并在他们活跃的社区中建立机构。武装团体与当地居民之间的关系成为理解犯罪与冲突关系的中心主题。

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.40

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0.00%

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审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is a fundamentally new kind of journal. Open-access, it publishes research quickly and free of charge in order to have a maximal impact upon policy and practice communities. It fills a crucial niche. Despite the allocation of significant policy attention and financial resources to a perceived relationship between development assistance, security and stability, a solid evidence base is still lacking. Research in this area, while growing rapidly, is scattered across journals focused upon broader topics such as international development, international relations and security studies. Accordingly, Stability''s objective is to: Foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict. The journal will accept submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and history, among others. In addition to focusing upon large-scale armed conflict and insurgencies, Stability will address the challenge posed by local and regional violence within ostensibly stable settings such as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and elsewhere.