Benedetta Berti: The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
Benedetta Berti: 伊斯兰国式的组织保持权力的惊人方式
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insurgents or militias.
when they're not shooting.
these violent actors
from violent engagement
and in the library.
is key to solving most ongoing conflict,
and non-state actors.
and a non-state actor.
we need to either engage them
process that has to be successful.
these organizations tick.
how they fight, why they fight,
when they're not fighting.
and unarmed politics are related.
let alone defeat them,
are complex organizations.
confrontation against Israel.
a political party,
and a military apparatus.
against Israel,
than just shoot.
communication machines --
and social media strategies.
and published to recruit.
in complex fund-raising --
profitable businesses;
to increase their strength,
and to build their brand.
with the population
or micro-loan programs.
of these services and more.
to win the population over
that the state is not providing:
in war-torn Afghanistan,
of the ascent of ISIS,
at these groups' efforts
came at an unbearably high price
social services fills a gap,
to increase their strength
of the Palestinian Hamas
acknowledging the group's social work.
when we look at armed groups,
these groups' strength,
left by the government,
to be both armed and political,
and provide governance.
are complex and sophisticated,
as the opposite of a state.
a group like Hezbollah?
they administer all their functions,
they run the sewage system.
something different and new?
non-states, and in-between,
like in the Middle East today,
step in and fill that gap.
because to counter these groups,
in non-military tools.
of any sustainable approach.
for peacemaking and peacebuilding.
what incentives to offer
from violence to nonviolence.
between states and non-states,
peace nor stability.
in filling that security gap,
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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