Benedetta Berti: The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
Benedetta Berti: Skupiny jako ISIS mají překvapivý způsob, jak si udržet moc
Benedetta Berti studies how conflicts impact civilians. Full bio
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ozbrojenými skupinami:
insurgents or militias.
povstalci nebo milicemi.
when they're not shooting.
dělají, když zrovna nestřílí.
these violent actors
těmto agresorům porozumět
from violent engagement
jak z konfrontací vymýtit
and in the library.
a jsem politicky aktivní.
is key to solving most ongoing conflict,
pochopit nestátní ozbrojené skupiny,
and non-state actors.
a nestátními útvary.
and a non-state actor.
a nestátním útvarem.
we need to either engage them
a buď je zapojit do řešení konfliktu,
process that has to be successful.
these organizations tick.
udržuje v chodu.
how they fight, why they fight,
jak a proč bojují,
when they're not fighting.
když zrovna nebojují.
and unarmed politics are related.
ruku v ruce s politikou.
let alone defeat them,
– natož je porazit –
are complex organizations.
jsou složité organizace.
confrontation against Israel.
proti Izraeli.
a political party,
and a military apparatus.
a vlastní armádu.
against Israel,
protiizraelské útoky,
than just shoot.
těchto skupin nekončí.
communication machines --
and social media strategies.
and published to recruit.
in complex fund-raising --
do komplexního financování –
profitable businesses;
nýbrž o výdělečné podnikání,
to increase their strength,
and to build their brand.
a budovat si vlastní značku.
with the population
or micro-loan programs.
či umožňují mikropůjčky.
of these services and more.
a ještě víc.
to win the population over
získat si obyvatelstvo tím,
that the state is not providing:
v čem stát selhává:
in war-torn Afghanistan,
ve válkou zmítaném Afghánistánu
of the ascent of ISIS,
at these groups' efforts
came at an unbearably high price
social services fills a gap,
zaplňuje mezeru,
to increase their strength
of the Palestinian Hamas
palestinského Hamásu v roce 2006
acknowledging the group's social work.
v potaz sociální práci této skupiny.
when we look at armed groups,
my na Západě soustředíme,
these groups' strength,
těchto skupin nestačí.
left by the government,
která zůstala po vládě.
to be both armed and political,
tak politickou složku.
and provide governance.
a zároveň poskytují vládu.
are complex and sophisticated,
složitější a propracovanější,
as the opposite of a state.
za protipól státu.
a group like Hezbollah?
skupiny jako Hizballáh?
they administer all their functions,
vykonávají všechny své funkce,
they run the sewage system.
something different and new?
něco nového?
non-states, and in-between,
a něčeho mezi tím,
like in the Middle East today,
jako například ty na Blízkém východě,
step in and fill that gap.
které zaplňují mezeru po státech.
because to counter these groups,
neboť chtějí-li tyto skupiny porazit,
in non-military tools.
do nevojenských záležitostí.
of any sustainable approach.
každého udržitelného přístupu.
for peacemaking and peacebuilding.
a udržování míru.
what incentives to offer
from violence to nonviolence.
od násilí k nenásilí.
between states and non-states,
a nestátními činiteli
vyhrát některé bitvy,
peace nor stability.
in filling that security gap,
do zaplňování bezpečnostních mezer,
to thrive in the first place.
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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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