Benedetta Berti: The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
Benedetta Berti: De verrassende manier waarop groepen als IS aan de macht blijven
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niet-statelijke actoren:
insurgents or militias.
when they're not shooting.
wanneer ze niet schieten.
these violent actors
groepen beter begrijpen,
van gewelddadige interactie
from violent engagement
kunnen overschakelen.
and in the library.
en in de bibliotheek.
begrijpen, is de sleutel
is key to solving most ongoing conflict,
and non-state actors.
en niet-statelijke actoren.
and a non-state actor.
en een niet-statelijke actor.
we need to either engage them
en ofwel de strijd aangaan ,
process that has to be successful.
van conflictoplossing.
these organizations tick.
hoe deze groepen werken.
how they fight, why they fight,
en waarom ze vechten,
when they're not fighting.
wanneer ze niet vechten.
and unarmed politics are related.
zijn nochtans verwant aan elkaar.
let alone defeat them,
niet begrijpen, laat staan verslaan,
are complex organizations.
zijn complexe organisaties.
confrontation against Israel.
confrontatie met Israël.
in de vroege jaren 80
a political party,
een politieke partij,
and a military apparatus.
en een militair apparaat.
against Israel,
tegen Israël,
than just shoot.
dan enkel schieten.
communication machines --
and social media strategies.
and published to recruit.
in complex fund-raising --
in complexe fondsenwerving:
profitable businesses;
starten ze winstgevende bedrijven,
to increase their strength,
and to build their brand.
with the population
in sociale dienstverlening.
or micro-loan programs.
en verstrekken microkredieten.
of these services and more.
to win the population over
aan zich te binden
that the state is not providing:
waar de staat niet in voorziet:
in war-torn Afghanistan,
of the ascent of ISIS,
naar hun inspanning
at these groups' efforts
hier ondraaglijk hoog voor de bevolking.
came at an unbearably high price
social services fills a gap,
een gat dat de overheid laat.
to increase their strength
of the Palestinian Hamas
van Hamas in 2006
de sociale bijdrage van deze groep erkent.
acknowledging the group's social work.
when we look at armed groups,
groepen alleen aan het geweld.
these groups' strength,
om de kracht, strategie
left by the government,
in het bestuur aan te vullen,
to be both armed and political,
and provide governance.
are complex and sophisticated,
deze organisaties zijn,
as the opposite of a state.
tegenpool van de staat kunnen zien.
a group like Hezbollah?
they administer all their functions,
they run the sewage system.
het afval- en rioolsysteem.
something different and new?
non-states, and in-between,
en twijfelgevallen,
like in the Middle East today,
zoals nu in het Midden-Oosten,
step in and fill that gap.
in het gat springen.
because to counter these groups,
want om er tegenin te gaan,
in non-military tools.
in niet-militaire tools.
of any sustainable approach.
in elke duurzame aanpak.
for peacemaking and peacebuilding.
voor het vredesproces.
what incentives to offer
wat we moeten bieden
from violence to nonviolence.
naar niet-geweld te bevorderen.
between states and non-states,
en niet-statelijke actoren,
sommige veldslagen winnen,
peace nor stability.
geen vrede of stabiliteit.
in filling that security gap,
en van het overheidstekort
to thrive in the first place.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Benedetta Berti - Conflict and security researcherBenedetta Berti studies how conflicts impact civilians.
Why you should listen
Benedetta Berti is an expert on the role of armed groups and the future of armed conflict, especially in the Middle East. She has spent over a decade researching non-state armed groups, from terrorists to insurgents to militias, and has worked with governments, international organizations and NGOs to offer new approaches to better understand and tackle modern conflict. As a security and humanitarian consultant, Berti has designed disarmament campaigns; conducted trainings of counter-insurgency and protection of civilians; worked on violence prevention; and assisted humanitarian organizations on issues related to gaining access to war-torn areas. She has conducted research and worked across the globe -- from Central and Latin America to the Middle East, and from the United States to Eastern Africa -- and has focused her work on some of the world's most complex conflicts, from Syria, to Iraq, to Gaza, to Burundi.
Berti has written four books, and her writing has appeared in Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs.
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