When Rambo Meets the Red Cross

Civil-Military Engagement in Fragile States

Stanislava P. Mladenova (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-8771-5 (ISBN)

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Non-governmental organizations and militaries are notorious for their difficult relationship. The military is mostly understood through the prism of its lethality, and NGOs are perceived as idealistic do-gooders, ready to save the world. Stanislava P. Mladenova traces the changing character of interaction between both of these entities. She argues that the boundaries which once separated their functions are fading. Fragile, ungoverned, and insecure spaces need both of what these actors can provide. As a result, they have drawn closer together, and have everything at their disposal for a collaborative, efficient, and productive civil-military partnership, which is contrary to what many observers and leaders in the conflict and development space have long believed. Mladenova makes a convincing case that it is high time both sets of actors put aside their differences, bringing to light a fast-changing landscape of vicious poverty, insecurity, and climate change, where the conventional way of doing business will become the exception, not the rule.

Dr. Stanislava P. Mladenova is a Global Fellow at Brown University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, and Fellow at the Irregular Warfare Initiative at the US Military Academy at West Point. Her work has brought her to Africa, Central and South Asia, South America, and the Balkans. She has held positions at various institutions, including the United States Institute of Peace, working in West Africa to establish dialogue between security actors and local communities. As a Political Advisor for NATO in Afghanistan, she helped shape policy on economic issues, governance, corruption, disaster management, humanitarian assistance, and the recruitment of child soldiers. Her research at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London focused on the functional relationship between military and civilian entities in settings affected by low-intensity conflict and state fragility.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	Peace and Security in the 21st Century
Vorwort	U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) Allen General John R.
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 236 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-5381-8771-X / 153818771X
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-8771-5 / 9781538187715
Zustand	Neuware