Browsing by Autor "Robert Blair"
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Item type: Item , On the Rights of Warlords: Legitimate Authority and Basic Protection in War-Torn Societies(Cambridge University Press, 2016) Robert Blair; Pablo KalmanovitzThis article examines the legitimacy of the use of force by armed nonstate actors resisting the imposition of state rule over territories they control. We focus on the rights of warlords: subnational strongmen who seek autonomy within geographically demarcated territories, but not secession or control of the state itself. We argue that behind the resistance to state-building lies a twofold question of legitimate authority: the authority of states to consolidate power within their own internationally recognized borders and the authority of warlords to resist that expansion, by force if necessary, when it threatens social order and the protection of basic rights. This article draws on just war theory to develop a set of conditions under which such resistance may be justified, explores the argument's practical implications for state-building under the tutelage of third parties (e.g., the United Nations), and demonstrates its empirical relevance through an application to Afghanistan.Item type: Item , Preventing Rebel Resurgence after Civil War: A Field Experiment in Security and Justice Provision in Rural Colombia(Harvard University, 2022) Robert Blair; Manuel Moscoso; Andrés Vargas Castillo; Michael WeintraubReplication data for "Preventing Rebel Resurgence after Civil War: A Field Experiment in Security and Justice Provision in Rural Colombia," American Political Science ReviewItem type: Item , Replication Data for: Little Evidence That Military Policing Reduces Crime Or Improves Human Security(Harvard University, 2023) Robert Blair; Michael WeintraubReplication code and data for all results of the project "Little Evidence That Military Policing Reduces Crime Or Improves Human Security”.