Pathways for Irregular Forces in Southeast Asia : Mitigating Violence with Non-State Armed Groups (Paperback)

Introduction 1. Characterizing Irregular Forces 2. Pathways for Irregular Forces 3. Non-state Violence and Political Order in Democratized Indonesia 4. The Post-conflict Pathways of the Irregular Forces in Timor-Leste 5. The Grey Zone of Irregular Forces: Politically Sanctioned, Local Defense, and Organized Crime Groups in the Philippines 6. Between legal and legit: local security arrangements between state security actors and irregular forces in Bangsamoro region, Philippines 7. Frontline Informality: Paramilitary Forces and Progovernment Militias in Thailand’s Deep South Counter-insurgency 8. Security Governance in Southeast Asia: Security Sector Reform with Nonstate Actors 9. Conclusion