Bloody Benefactors

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.title[Bloody Benefactors:]     
.subtitle[Transregional Terrorist Group Sponsorship in Civil Wars]  
   
 
               
               
               
.author[Laila A. Wahedi]  
.institution[Georgetown University]      
               
   
 
.date[February 22, 2017]   
           
           
           
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#  Malian Civil War
<img style="width:100%"  src="../figures/mali-AQIM-map.jpg">
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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#  Algerian Civil War
<img style="width:100%"  src="../figures/Algeria.png">
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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# Transregional Groups: 
<h2 style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom:0px">Operate in more than one contiguous region/conflict</h2>
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					<p><span style="color:green">✔</span> AQIM: Algeria, <i>and</i> Mali.</p>
					<p><span style="color:red">✘</span>PKK: Kurdistan, transnational not transregional</p>
					<p> <span style="color:red">✘</span>PFLP: Palestine/Lebanon, international allies, no presence</p>
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]

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# Why do some groups form partnerships, but not others?
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# Why do groups partner _when_ they do?
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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# Who do transregional groups want to sponsor?
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# Which local groups want sponsorship?
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]

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# Asset Specificity: Partnerships are efficient
<h2 style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom:0px">Groups are good at different things</h2>
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### Local Groups
* Local Infrastructure
	* Local Networks
	* Local legitimacy
	* Territory
	
]
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### Transregional Groups
* Local Infrastructure
	* Donor Networks
	* Training, intelligence
	* Global legitimacy 	
]
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px" align="left">Who Transregional Groups Want:</h2>
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	<h4 align="left" style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:3px;">Ideologues</h4>
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	<p style="color:red; clear:both">✘</p>
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		<h4 align="left" style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:3px;">Weak Groups</h4>
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	<p style="color:red; clear:both">✘</p>
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		<h4 align="left" style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:3px;">Strong Groups</h4>
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	<p style="color:green; clear:both">✔ </p>
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	.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]

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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px" align="left">Strong Local Groups</h2>
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* Prefer autonomy
* Have what they need
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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<h2 style="text-transform: none; margin-bottom:0px">Tension: Transregional groups want strong partners, but strong groups prefer autonomy </h2>
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### Transregional Groups:
* Want:
	* Territory
	* Influence
* Offer:
	* Donor networks
	*Intel/training
	*Legitimacy
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### Local Groups
* Want:
	* Sovereignty/autonomy
	* Resources
	* Legitimacy
* Offer:
	* Local infrastructure
	* Territory
]

## Partner When: strong local group under threat or in decline
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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#  Algerian Civil War
<img style="width:100%"  src="../figures/Algeria.png">
.footnote[ Laila A. Wahedi -- Follow along at Wahedi.US, under Current Presentation -- law98@georgetown.edu]
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