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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam"”.
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Case studies in terrorism-drug connection: the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and the Shining Path
… remedies for the problem. The vast turnover of the global illicit drug industry constitutes the largest portion of organized crime enterprises' income. Different circles have argued that these enterprises are not the sole actors of the drug business, but terrorist groups, whose ultimate aim …
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International norm echoing in rebel groups: The cases of the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
… discourse and echo patterns in the discourse of states and that they do so to promote their own legitimacy at key turning points in their conflicts. Which international norms rebel groups use most frequently is partially determined by the congruence of those norms with their local norms and …
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Gender, Terrorism, and Nation-Building: A Comparative Study of Chechnya's Black Widows and the Female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
<p>This research examines the historical context of female terrorists in Chechnya (referred to as Black Widows) as well as the female participants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The author explores women’s motivations for joining each of the conflicts, as well as the shifting role …
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WHY FIGHT WHEN YOU CAN RULE TOGETHER? REBEL POWER-SHARING DURING CIVIL WARS
… governance structures that are inclusive of diverse ethnic constituencies. While existing literature has extensively studied the violent dynamics between rebel factions, there is a significant gap in understanding the non-coercive strategies employed by rebels to manage ethnic diversity …
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Negotiating with Separatist Terrorists
<p>It is in the interest of this thesis to investigate why governments negotiate with separatist terrorists, and why those negotiations succeed or fail. The four cases analyzed in this thesis include: Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, (1983-2009); Russia and the Chechen Republic, …
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Tamil secessionist insurrection and counterinsurgency in Sri Lanka, 1977-1994: an analysis of government policies
… and political ethno-nationalist projects of the Sinhalese and the Sri Lanka Tamils, and, the fierce competition for resources have combined to produce an intense ethno-nationalist conflict in Sri Lanka. By the mid-1950s the animosity between the two major ethnic groups had begun to …
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Foreign Terrorist Organizations: The Correlation Between Group Identity and Becoming Transnational
… research will then evaluate the strategic use of group identity – specifically ethnic, religious, and ideological – by foreign terrorist organizations in order to best determine whether or not these groups, based on their respective identities, possess the ability to become transnational. …