Benedetta Berti: The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
Benedetta Berti: ISIS 等極端組織是如何保有權力的
Benedetta Berti studies how conflicts impact civilians. Full bio
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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,
解決很多現有衝突的關鍵
and non-state actors.
和非國家組織之間的鬥爭。
and a non-state actor.
國家與非國家組織之間的矛盾。
we need to either engage them
甚至是有效的打敗他們
process that has to be successful.
these organizations tick.
how they fight, why they fight,
when they're not fighting.
他們在做些什麼,
and unarmed politics are related.
let alone defeat them,
我們將不會了解這些組織
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 --
複雜的資金籌集專案,
profitable businesses;
而是通過創立盈利性質的公司來籌錢,
to increase their strength,
and to build their brand.
並且建立自己的品牌
with the population
or micro-loan programs.
of these services and more.
to win the population over
提供通常政府無法提供的服務
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
為了安全而投靠這些組織的代價
social services fills a gap,
這些組織提供的社會服務彌補
to increase their strength
of the Palestinian Hamas
伊斯蘭抵抗運動的勝利的理解
acknowledging the group's social work.
when we look at armed groups,
these groups' strength,
left by the government,
是因為他們彌補了政府職能缺失,
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,
並且管理所有的職能部門,
they run the sewage system.
something different and new?
non-states, and in-between,
和介於二者間的世界中,
like in the Middle East today,
例如當今的中東,
step in and fill that gap.
並填充職能缺失。
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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