Warlords, Inc.

From the rise of Mexican drug cartels, to technology driven revolts and violence in the Middle East and North Africa, to military conflicts in Eastern Europe, to the growth of slumlords and street gangs in India, and the proliferation of cyber-attacks and drone warfare, new types of political actors [...]
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From the rise of Mexican drug cartels, to technology driven revolts and violence in the Middle East and North Africa, to military conflicts in Eastern Europe, to the growth of slumlords and street gangs in India, and the proliferation of cyber-attacks and drone warfare, new types of political actors, and warfare, are coming to the fore. Crisis inevitably creates new opportunities for these actors to influence the future of the global political-economy. Tracing the history and evolution of such forces, "Warlords, Inc." examines how the underworld of the global economy thrives, how it disrupts and maintains power, and why--looking towards the future--we should all be paying attention.
Based on path-breaking research and analysis from leading political scientists, advisors to heads of state, and award-winning academics, this cutting-edge book pulls back the curtain on the secretive world of drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations, revealing their inner workings and implications for a world driven by unrelenting change and growing political uncertainty. It shows how, as the complexities and tensions of modern geopolitical pressures mount, the world's elaborate but fragile political systems are becoming increasingly vulnerable to break down and deliberate disruption. The authors demonstrate that as infrastructures such as IT networks, global supply chains, and financial markets become increasingly volatile, the stability of entire populations hangs in the balance. Bringing together a wealth of information and perspectives, they answer essential questions about who wins and who loses when the old order ceases to work.
CONTENTS
1. Of Warlords and Rodeos: What Happens When Nothing Works?
2. Social and Economic Collapse: Lessons from History and Complexity
3. Innovation, Deviation and Development: Warlords and Proto-State Provision
4. Sovereignty, Criminal Insurgency, & Drug Cartels: The Rise of a Post-State Society
5. Warlord Governance: Transition Towards, or Coexistence with, the State?
6. 5GW: Into the Heart of Darkness
7. Weaponizing Capitalism: The Naxals of India
8. Mexico's Criminal Organizations: Weakness in Their Complexity, Strength in Their Evolution
9. The Politics of a Post-Climate-Change World: Pyongyang, Puntland, or Portland?
10. Bringing the End of War to the Global Badlands
11. The White Hats: A Multitude of Citizens
12. Beyond Survival: A Short Course in Pioneering Responses to Present (and Future) Crises