Resilience and Rupture of Paramilitarism in the Balkans and Caucasus

Sahara T.

LONGUE DUREE OF PARAMILITARISM, cilt.14, ss.59-75, 2025 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Dergi Adı: LONGUE DUREE OF PARAMILITARISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.59-75
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This article rebuts the popular thesis of the inherent violence culture of the Balkans and Caucasus by examining the behaviour of nationalist guerrillas of the late Ottoman era and the bandit-militias of the post-Yugoslav and Soviet wars. For all their disguise of traditional freedom fighters, each generation of guerrillas have introduced radical innovations. This finding reminds us of the necessity to focus on the dialectical relations between the paramilitarism and the host societies.