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NON-STATE ARMED ACTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guerilla Warfare
  • National and International Security
DEF

An autonomously operating planned group that has the capacity to use violence to achieve political ends.

CONT

An ANSA uses violence as a means – although not necessarily the exclusive or primary means – to contest political power with governments, foreign powers, and/or other non-state actors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guérilla
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
DEF

Groupe opérationnel planifié autonome qui a la capacité d'utiliser la violence à des fins politiques.

CONT

Un ANEA recourt à la violence en tant que moyen – bien que ce ne soit pas nécessairement le seul moyen ou le moyen principal – de s'opposer au pouvoir politique de gouvernements, de puissances étrangères ou encore d'autres acteurs non étatiques.

Spanish

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