Setting a Place at the Table: Ending Insurgencies Through the Democratic Process
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Authors
Gregg, Heather S.
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insurgency; counterinsurgency; conflict resolution; negotiations; IRA; Hezbollah; Iraq; Afghanistan
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2011
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2011
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Taylor and Francis
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This article argues that, under certain conditions, allowing insurgents into the political process – through elections or government posts – can be a useful tool in the peace process and can help end insurgencies. However, bringing insurgents into the political process is unlikely to end insurgencies on its own, particularly if insurgents, the government, or the population believes that force is still a viable means of defeating the opponent and changing the status quo. The article begins with a brief overview of the causes of insurgency and on conflict resolution for internal wars. The article then considers two examples of insurgents that have entered the political process – the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland and Hezbollah in Lebanon – and the differing degrees of success in transforming these insurgents to non- violent participants in the political process. It concludes by suggesting how insurgents can be brought into the political process as part of conflict resolution and the implications for Afghanistan.
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The article of record may be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2011.599168
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Defense Analysis (DA)
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“Setting a Place at the Table: Ending Insurgencies Through the Democratic Process,” Small Wars and Insurgencies, 22, no. 4 (2011): 644-668
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.