Narco-Cartels: new actors of Irregular Warfare

• Authors: Fundora Cristobal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Narco-Cartels are becoming new actors of Irregular Warfare. The purpose of this document is to guide force development, capacity building and create a comprehensive scenario. This research will provide necessary knowledge to analyze the Narco-Cartels ́ strategies and to examine the operational roles of the military, security forces and civil action in countering these threats.

Keywords

EN

Narco-Cartels; Government; Strategies; Irregular warfare; Population; Global threat; Conventional Warfare; Targets; Violence; Drugs; Corruption; Force development

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii WSB
• Journal: Security Forum
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 2
• Issue: Volume 2 No 1/2018
• Pages: 105-112

Contributors

author

Fundora Cristobal

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26410/SF_1/18/9