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Foreign Policy Analysis and Armed Non-State Actors in World Politics: Lessons from the Middle East

Author(s) -

May Darwich

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

foreign policy analysis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1743-8594

pISSN - 1743-8586

DOI - 10.1093/fpa/orab030

Subject(s) - scholarship , middle east , foreign policy , political science , state (computer science) , politics , foreign policy analysis , political economy , phenomenon , public administration , sociology , law , epistemology , computer science , algorithm , philosophy

The study of armed non-state actors (ANSAs) has grown exponentially in the last two decades. This article explores the foreign policy of ANSAs as a new empirical domain for foreign policy analysis (FPA) by drawing on various examples from the Middle East to show the merit of this area for novel empirical and theoretical studies. The article identifies the domain of ANSAs’ foreign policy showing how FPA research has so far remained state-centric and almost completely ignores ANSAs. While the external engagement of ANSAs were examined within the scholarship on civil wars, FPA can be adapted to provide systematic scholarly understanding of this phenomenon. Finally, the article explores how studying ANSAs’ foreign policies can revitalize FPA and drive its agenda into new directions.

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