New Book on Insurgent & Militant Groups

Title: Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics

By: Klejda Mulaj

Publication Date: June 2009

Publisher: C. Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

ISBN: 1849040168

Abstract: The 2008 attacks on Mumbai were carried out by a Pakistani militant group known as Lashkar i-Taiba, termed a "non-state actor" by Pakistan's president, Asif Zardari. In most cases, violent non-state actors (VNSAs) rise as a state fails, resorting to organized attacks as a brutally effective method for advancing political aims and other goals.