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Michael Dziedzic is vice president of Pax Advisory and a retired US Air Force Colonel. He began this project this project while a senior program officer at the US Institute of Peace.
Contributors
David C. Beer, Dan Bisbee, Carlos Castresana, Michael Dziedzic, Karmen Fields, Carl Forsberg, Jennifer S. Holmes, Laura Mercean, Jana R. Alley Nyerges, Ismail Rashid, Elton Skendaj, Tim Sullivan, Oscar Vera, Phil Williams
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction, Michael Dziedzic
Part 2: Irreconcilables
Chapter 2: Bosnia: Third Entity Movement, Karmen Fields andOscar Vera
Chapter 3: Guatemala: The Clandestine Security Apparatus, Carlos Castresana
Chapter 4: Sierra Leone: The Revolutionary United Front, Ismail Rashid
Chapter 5: Haiti: Gangs of Cité Soleil, David Beer
Part 3: Violent Opposition, Negotiable Interests
Chapter 6: Kosovo: The Kosovo Liberation Army, Michael Dziedzic, Laura Mercean, and Elton Skendaj
Chapter 7: DRC: March 23 Movement, Jana Nyerges
Chapter 8: Afghanistan: Criminal Patronage Networks, Carl Forsberg and Tim Sullivan
Chapter 9: Iraq: Jaish al-Mahdi, Phil Williams and Dan Bisbee
Part 4: Supporters of the Peace Process
Chapter 10: Colombia: Paramilitaries, Jennifer S. Holmes
Chapter 11: Iraq: Iraq: The Rise, Fall and Persistence of the Maliki Regime Dan Bisbee
Part 5: Conclusions, Toolkit, and Recommendations
Chapter 12: Conclusions, Michael Dziedzic
Chapter 13: An Overview of the International Toolkit for Subduing Criminalized Power Structures, Michael Dziedzic
Chapter 14: Recommendations, Michael Dziedzic
I learned a good deal reading these timely volumes, even on the operations in which I was intimately involved. The findings are persuasive and the recommendations are all well considered and compelling.
— James Dobbins, Former Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia
Criminalized Power Structures, edited by Michael Dziedzic, is one such important contribution to a conversation about peace. . . . Each case study is a detailed explanation of a geopolitical conflict, its origins, continuation, and conclusion. . . . this philosopher of pacifism and nonviolence was glad he had the opportunity to think deeply with Michael Dziedzic and his military and political science contributors about strategies for lasting peace.
— Journal for Peace & Justice Studies
Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace persuasively documents the damage done to prospects for peace when illicit wealth meets unscrupulous political power. The case studies show the depth and breadth of that damage in place after place, while Dziedzic’s analysis draws upon years of research and experience to systematically reframe our views of peace ‘spoiler’ motives, goals and means. The result, with its second volume, Combating Criminalized Power Structures: A Toolkit, is wise counsel for dealing with these power structures that any peacebuilding enterprise should heed if it hopes to build the peace that it seeks.
— William Durch, Distinguished Fellow, The Stimson Center, Washington, DC.
I learned a good deal reading these timely volumes, even on the operations in which I was intimately involved. The findings are persuasive and the recommendations are all well considered and compelling.
— James Dobbins, Former Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia
Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace and Combating Criminalized Power Structures: A Toolkit perform a vital service in the study of fragile states. Based on ten case histories from four continents, they demonstrate that criminalized power structures are a key element in promoting instability and describe the circumstances in which these structures can be tamed. Essential reading for policymakers and scholars.
— John Herbst, Former State Department Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace persuasively documents the damage done to prospects for peace when illicit wealth meets unscrupulous political power. The case studies show the depth and breadth of that damage in place after place, while Dziedzic’s analysis draws upon years of research and experience to systematically reframe our views of peace ‘spoiler’ motives, goals and means. The result, with its second volume, Combating Criminalized Power Structures: A Toolkit, is wise counsel for dealing with these power structures that any peacebuilding enterprise should heed if it hopes to build the peace that it seeks.
— William Durch, Distinguished Fellow, The Stimson Center, Washington, DC.
Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace and Combating Criminalized Power Structures: A Toolkit provide remarkable insights into criminalized power structures in conflict and post-conflict environments. This often overlooked phenomenon can have immense effects on peacekeeping and stabilization efforts. The volumes provide an important framework and practical insights that may help policymakers to better address these issues.
— Enrique Desmond Arias, Director, Peace Operations Policy Program, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace andCombating Criminalized Power Structures: A Toolkit perform a vital service in the study of fragile states. Based on ten case histories from four continents, they demonstrate that criminalized power structures are a key element in promoting instability and describe the circumstances in which these structures can be tamed. Essential reading for policymakers and scholars.
— John Herbst, Former State Department Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace andCombating Criminalized Power Structures: A Toolkit provide remarkable insights into criminalized power structures in conflict and post-conflict environments. This often overlooked phenomenon can have immense effects on peacekeeping and stabilization efforts. The volumes provide an important framework and practical insights that may help policymakers to better address these issues.
— Enrique Desmond Arias, Director, Peace Operations Policy Program, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
At last, the subject of illicit power structures given the prominence it deserves! Here it is how to understand and implement better conflict prevention, effectively manage post-conflict situations, save millions of dollars in the process and in broader form push back against the rottenness of political corruption and criminal exploitation that permanently ruin the lives of populations in failing or failed states. Arrestingly and plainly revealed, the shameful motives that from the beginning of each international peace mission confound capacity- and institution-building are described by Mike Dzeidzic and seasoned practitioners in such compelling detail that tackling them should become the sine qua non of all future mission-planning. This is a piece of revelatory work and we deserve to hear the sound of brisk footsteps along government corridors as senior officials, grasping copies of this book, seek immediate entree to policy makers offices demanding major doctrinal changes.
— Richard Monk, Former UN Police Commissioner Bosnia and Kosovo, Member of the Brahimi Panel