{"id":5172,"date":"2026-02-23T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/armed-non-state-actors\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:53:05","slug":"armed-non-state-actors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/armed-non-state-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed non-state Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5172\" class=\"elementor elementor-5172 elementor-5166\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d84583e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d84583e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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non-state Actors<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/is-american-democracy-failing\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2460\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/is-american-democrazy-failing-its-people.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"Is American democracy failing its people?\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/is-american-democrazy-failing-its-people.jpg 2460w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/is-american-democrazy-failing-its-people-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/is-american-democrazy-failing-its-people-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">19 Oct 2020<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/armed-non-state-actors-afghanistan\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">Armed non-state actors: a brief attempt at a portrayal<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 522 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 3791 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-3791\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/armed-non-state-actors\/\" title=\"View all posts in Armed non-state Actors\">Armed non-state Actors<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/the-is-the-us-and-us\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-is-the-us-and-us.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"The IS, the US and Us\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-is-the-us-and-us.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-is-the-us-and-us-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-is-the-us-and-us-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-is-the-us-and-us-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-is-the-us-and-us-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">20 Aug 2020<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/the-is-the-us-and-us\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">The IS, the US and Us<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 3791 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 3790 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-3790\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/armed-non-state-actors\/\" title=\"View all posts in Armed non-state Actors\">Armed non-state Actors<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/void-in-international-law\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2298\" height=\"1529\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/armed-non-state-actors-void-in-international-law.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Era of Armed Non-State Actors &#8211; Void in international Law\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/armed-non-state-actors-void-in-international-law.jpg 2298w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/armed-non-state-actors-void-in-international-law-300x200.jpg 300w, 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