Global Challenge of Militias and Paramilitary Violence

Paul Rexton Kan is Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College, USA. His work has been cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes and featured on the websites DefenseOne and Freakanomics.

• 1: Introduction:  Local Guardians with International Effects.- 2:  Group Characteristics of Militias.- 3:  Militias and State Stability.- 4:  Militias, Crime, and Conflict.- 5:  Militias and the Future.