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Ariel I. Ahram is associate professor of government and international affairs at Virginia Tech's School of Public & International Affairs in Alexandria, Va.  He specializes on topics of global security, research methodology, and the politics of the Middle East. 

Ph.D., government, Georgetown 

M.A., Arab Studies, Georgetown

B.A., summa cum laude, politics, history, and Islamic studies, Brandeis University

 

 
 

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Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias

 

 Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security—the reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords.

With detailed case studies of  Iraq, Iran, and Indonesia, the book shows why and how states co-opt these groups, turning former rebels into state-sponsored militias. 

 
 
 

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