Benedetta Berti: The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
Benedetta Berti: Cara mengejutkan kelompok seperti ISIS tetap memiliki kekuatan
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non-negara:
insurgents or militias.
pemberontak atau milisi.
mereka lakukan ketika tidak bertempur.
when they're not shooting.
these violent actors
para pelaku kekerasan ini
from violent engagement
transisi dari pertempuran
and in the library.
dan di perpustakaan.
is key to solving most ongoing conflict,
adalah kunci
konflik yang ada
pertandingan antar negara.
and non-state actors.
antara negara dan aktor non-negara.
and a non-state actor.
dan pelaku non-negara.
we need to either engage them
kita perlu merangkul mereka
process that has to be successful.
resolusi konflik yang harus berhasil.
menggerakkan mereka.
these organizations tick.
mengapa mereka bertempur,
how they fight, why they fight,
mereka lakukan saat tidak bertempur.
when they're not fighting.
and unarmed politics are related.
dan politik tanpa senjata.
organisasi yang sama.
let alone defeat them,
apa lagi mengalahkan mereka,
are complex organizations.
adalah organisasi yang kompleks
confrontation against Israel.
terhadap Israel.
a political party,
and a military apparatus.
dan aparat militer.
against Israel,
terhadap Israel
than just shoot.
communication machines --
and social media strategies.
strategi media sosial.
and published to recruit.
dan diterbitkan untuk merekrut.
in complex fund-raising --
di penggalangan dana yang kompleks
bisnis yang menguntungkan;
profitable businesses;
meningkatkan kekuatan mereka,
to increase their strength,
and to build their brand.
untuk membangun merek mereka.
dengan masyarakat
with the population
mereka menjalankan rumah sakit,
or micro-loan programs.
kejuruan atau program pinjaman mikro.
of these services and more.
layanan ini dan banyak lagi.
to win the population over
untuk mendapat dukungan dari masyarakat
that the state is not providing:
tidak diberikan oleh negara:
in war-torn Afghanistan,
di Afghanistan yang dilanda perang,
of the ascent of ISIS,
at these groups' efforts
usaha kelompok ini
came at an unbearably high price
harga yang sangat tinggi
social services fills a gap,
pelayanan sosial mengisi kesenjangan,
oleh pemerintah,
to increase their strength
untuk meningkatkan kekuatan
of the Palestinian Hamas
dari Hamas Palestina
acknowledging the group's social work.
pekerjaan sosial kelompok tersebut
yang sangat kompleks
when we look at armed groups,
kelompok bersenjata,
these groups' strength,
kekuatan, strategi
dari kelompok ini.
left by the government,
kesenjangan
to be both armed and political,
untuk menjadi bersenjata dan politik,
and provide governance.
dan memberikan pemerintahan.
are complex and sophisticated,
canggih organisasi ini,
as the opposite of a state.
mereka sebagai bukan suatu negara.
kelompok seperti Hizbullah?
a group like Hezbollah?
they administer all their functions,
mereka mengelola semua fungsi mereka,
they run the sewage system.
menjalankan sistem pembuangan limbah.
Apakah kelompok pemberontak?
something different and new?
sesuatu yang berbeda dan baru?
non-states, and in-between,
dan di antaranya,
like in the Middle East today,
seperti di Timur Tengah sekarang,
step in and fill that gap.
masuk dan mengisi kesenjangan tersebut.
because to counter these groups,
karena untuk melawan kelompok ini,
in non-military tools.
di alat non-militer.
of any sustainable approach.
apapun yang berkelanjutan.
for peacemaking and peacebuilding.
dan pembangunan perdamaian.
kelompok bersenjata,
what incentives to offer
insentif apa yang dapat ditawarkan
from violence to nonviolence.
dari kekerasan ke tanpa kekerasan.
between states and non-states,
antara negara dan non-negara,
beberapa pertempuran,
peace nor stability.
kedamaian atau stabilitas.
in filling that security gap,
jangka panjang
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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