Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Abbreviations 9
4. List of Figures and Tables 13
5. Introduction 15
6. PART I Categories of Non-State (Armed) Actors in War
7. CHAPTER 1 The Strategic Cohesion of Organised Armed Groups : Towards a Historically Informed Socio-Normative Approach 33
8. CHAPTER 2 The Diversification of Civilian Agency in Armed Conflict and the Protection of Civilians under International Humanitarian Law 57
9. CHAPTER 3 The Resistance Operating Concept: Towards Modern-Day People’s War 77
10. CHAPTER 4 Fuelling Instability in the Ukraine War : The Questionable Loyalty of Non-State Actors in Cyberspace 99
11. CHAPTER 5 How Iranian Weapons’ Technology Increases Ansar Allah’s Reach 119
12. CHAPTER 6 Information and Communications Technology Companies on the Battlefield : Explanations and Implications 147
13. CHAPTER 7 Private Non-State Actors as Norm-Keepers in Armed Conflict : The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Compliance with International Humanitarian Law 175
14. CHAPTER 8 Navigating Non-State Dynamics : A Literature Review on Private Military and Security Companies 197
15. CHAPTER 9 Expansion or Restraint? China’s Use of Private Military and Security Companies along the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ in Asia and Africa 223
16. CHAPTER 10 Can the Impact of Non-State Actors Be Predicted? Impressions of Contemporary Approaches to War Forecasting 243
17. PART II: Cases of Non-State (Armed) Actors in War
18. CHAPTER 11 Fighting or Writing? Dutch Volunteers in the Anglo-Boer War : Motivation, Loyalty, Effectiveness and Self-Representation 273
19. CHAPTER 12 The Pope’s Divisions on the March: Soft Power and the Catholic Church 303
20. CHAPTER 13 The Battle for Recognition : National Liberation Movements and Military Assistance During the Decolonisation of Southern Africa 329
21. CHAPTER 14 Fighting the State : The Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages of the Tamil Tigers in Their Separatist Struggle against the Sri Lankan Government 355
22. CHAPTER 15 Cohesion and Conflict Outcomes in Nagorno-Karabakh 375
23. General Bibliography 393
24. About the Editors 443
25. About the Authors 445