Goran Peic

How do states maintain their authority given that even weak non-state groups are now capable of challenging states by resorting to irregular warfare? In Part I of the dissertation, I propose that one of the ways in which states pursue internal security is by recruiting civilians…

Since the end of the Cold War, the proliferation of intra-state conflicts has challenged policy-makers and international organizations to devise new and more effective mechanisms of crisis response. This study explores interventionary behavior of alliances in local conflicts in …