Demobilization of Paramilitaries in Colombia: Transformation or Transition?

Porch, Douglas; Rasmussen, Maria

doi:10.1080/10576100802064841

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“…As for paramilitary forces, from 2003 to 2006, the AUC and the Colombian Government embarked on a peace process, which ended with the DDR of paramilitary combatants into civilian life. Nearly 40,000 armed men participated in a massive demobilization and reintegration programme in 2006 (Porch and Rasmussen 2008;Theidon 2007). The reintegration process in Colombia was gradually organized and implemented under the auspices of different government agencies.…”

Section: Colombia's Civil Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Civil Conflict and Conditional Cash Transfers: Effects on Demobilization

2017

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Section: Colombia's Civil Conflictmentioning

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Civil Conflict and Conditional Cash Transfers: Effects on Demobilization

2017

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“…Medium or small size armies were not able to apply modularity in its original meaning (unified support units and more independent brigades). 26 The example of the Czech Republic shows how smaller NATO member states continue to deploy units far smaller than battalion. 27 Fragmentary international forces have become a standard for stabilisation operations.…”

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2019

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Cílem textu je představit přístup k hodnocení vojenského potenciálu státu i vůle či možností k jeho využití v zájmu dosažení národních strategických zájmů či mocenských cílů. Tento přístup metodologicky vychází ze sektorové analýzy mocenského potenciálu státu a jeho možné projekce ve výstavbě i použití ozbrojených sil. Popsaný a použitý přístup využívaný v rezortu Ministerstva obrany České republiky je v textu ilustrativně aplikován na případ současné Ruské federace a její aktivity vojenského či mocenského charakteru.

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“…If dissolution of PGMs occurs, it may not qualitatively differ from disintegration of rebel groups. 35 Empirical case studies have shown that when PGMs disband, they follow regular disarmament and reintegration processes. 36 Similarly to rebels, they might also develop into political forces or, provided that the state seeks to make use of their military potential, they become formalised as part of state's security structures, as was the case with Chechen kadyrovtsy units.…”

Section: Civil War Termination and Pgmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

When and How Do Militias Disband? Global Patterns of Pro-Government Militia Demobilization in Civil Wars

Aliyev

2018

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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The research to-date on pro-government militias demonstrates that numerous pro-regime militia groups were actively deployed in civil wars over the last half a century. As hundreds of militia groups emerged amid civil warfare, hundreds more were disbanded, integrated into regular military or transformed into political forces. This study seeks to improve our understanding of global patterns of militia demobilisation. In contrast to the growing body of literature that explores the emergence of militias or examines their relationship with the state, studies on the demise of pro-government militias are notable by their absence. Statistical analysis of 220 pro-government militias involved in 75 civil wars from 1981 to 2011, based on a recent database of progovernment militias, demonstrates that the disappearance of militias has little to do with the termination of armed conflict. This study is first to investigate when and under which conditions militias created to assist governments in fighting civil wars disband.

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Demobilization of Paramilitaries in Colombia: Transformation or Transition?

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