ABOUT THIS BOOK

Transnational Actors in War and Peace provides a comparative examination of a range of transnational actors who have been key to the conduct of war and peace promotion, and of how they interact with states and each other. It explores the identities, organization, strategies and influence of transnational actors involved in contentious politics, armed conflict, and peacemaking.

While the study of transnational politics has been a rapidly growing field, to date, the disparate actors have not been analyzed alongside each other, making it difficult to develop a common theoretical framework or determine their influence on international security. This book brings together a diverse set of scholars focused on a range of transnational actors, such as: foreign fighters, terrorists, private military security companies, religious groups, diasporas, NGOs, and women’s peace groups. Malet and Anderson provide the standard for future study of transnational actors in this work intended for those interested in security studies, international relations, conflict resolution, and global governance.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

David Malet is Director of the Security Policy Studies program of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts and Biotechnology and International Security.

Miriam J. Anderson is assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, Canada. She is the author of Windows of Opportunity: How Women Seize Peace Negotiations for Political Change.

REVIEWS

Overall, the book maintains a unified narrative throughout, is presented clearly, and can be read either as a cohesive whole or by individual chapter. The editors have clearly invested time in ensuring that each chapter speaks to at least one other chapter, thus bringing together ideas examining different aspects of transnationalism both theoretically and empirically [. . . . ] This book would be suitable as both a reference work on transnationalism and an undergraduate reader for an advanced seminar course. Ultimately, it also provides policy value through its numerous empirical examples and applied knowledge from the field and is a valuable read for social scientists concerned with international politics and peace and conflict more generally.

-- H-Diplo

Insightful . . . maintains a unified narrative throughout, is presented clearly, and can be read either as a cohesive whole or by individual chapter.

-- H-Net

Tightly edited . . . The integration of multiple kinds of transnational actors into a single analytical framework constitutes a significant contribution to the literature.

-- Choice

"Insightful . . . maintains a unified narrative throughout, is presented clearly, and can be read either as a cohesive whole or by individual chapter."

-- H-Net

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: The Transnational CenturyDavid Malet and Miriam J. Anderson

1. Knights of Columbus Catholic Recreation Clubs in Great Britain, 1917–19Luke Flanagan

2. Transnational Feminist Praxis in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in the Aftermath of the Second World WarCatia Cecilia Confortini

3.Governing Conflict through Transnational Corporations: The Case of Conflict MineralsVirginia Haufler

4. Beyond the Conflict: Diasporas and Postconflict Government ReconstructionJennifer M. Brinkerhoff

5 Exiles and Political Islam: Contrasting Khomeini’s Religious Nationalism with bin Laden’s Violent GlobalismAriel I. Ahram and John Gledhill

6. Foreign Fighters in the Syrian Civil WarDavid Malet

7. Mercenaries Gone Legit: Private Security Professionals and Private Military Security Companies as Transnational Actors Matthew LeRiche

8. Transnational Humanitarian Action and Regime Complexity: The Case of Syria Phil Orchard

9 Women’s Advocacy Groups in Peace Negotiations Miriam J. Anderson

10 Containing Conflict: Authoritative Transnational Actors and the Management of Company- Community Conflict Kate Macdonald

Conclusion: Complex TransnationalismMiriam J. Anderson and David Malet

Contributors

Index