التفكير في الجماعات المسلحة والنظام: سوريا وصعود الميليشياتوقراطيات

<p dir="ltr">My literature review critically assesses Yaniv Voller’s article “Rethinking Armed Groups and Order: Syria and the Rise of Militiatocracies.” I test whether the concept <i>militiatocracy</i>—a hybrid order in which pro‑government militias both uphold and reshape state authority—adds explanatory power beyond rebelocracy, aliocracy, and mediated‑stateness models. Using Voller’s Syrian case, I trace a five‑stage sequence from army attrition to militia institutionalisation, analyse political‑economy and sectarian dynamics, compare Iraq and Sudan, and identify methodological limits and policy implications for DDR/SSR.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</a></p>