Military


Para-Military Groups

Jihad
Pirates
Mercenary

"In Central Asia, as in much of the developing world, the warlord is returning triumphant while the state withers in its arbitrary, post-colonial borders. Transnational dynamics at the sub-national level are interacting to create regional incubators for violent non-state actors (VNSAs). Some VNSAs already pose a real, direct challenge to state sovereignty and regional security."

Lords of the Silk Route

Islamic Paramilitary Groups

African Paramilitary Groups

East Asian Paramilitary Groups

European Paramilitary Groups

Latin American Paramilitary Groups

Middle Eastern Paramilitary Groups

South Asian Paramilitary Groups

Southeast Asian Paramilitary Groups



  • Terrorist Exclusion List 21 May 2004
  • Armed Groups Project
  • Footnotes to History [ephemeral polities]
  • Groups @ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
  • National Liberation, Separatist and Self-Determination Web Sites Directory
  • Separatist and Independence Movements
  • South Asia Terrorism Portal
  • Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, Crusaders, Propagandists, and Mercenaries on the Net
  • Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)

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