Non-state Actors in the International System: How Do We Recognize the Bad Guys?

Non-state Actors in the International System: How Do We Recognize the Bad Guys?

non-state actor

non-state armed actor

negativity

negative action

violation

international system

Non-state actors represent equal partners, viable competitors, and/or serious enemies in the current international system. Their specific position depends on how their behaviour in the system is perceived by states, international organizations, and civil society. The behaviour itself can be positive or negative. However, a closer look at the field of non-state actors will show that it is not easy to identify the good and bad guys of the system between them. It is due fact, that we are not living in a black-and-white world, or a black-and-white international system. For this reason, this study has the ambition to present a new approach to identifying bad guys, i.e., negative non-state actors, in the international system.

Plundrich, Miroslav

Czech Journal of International Relations; Vol. 57 No. 3 (2022); 81-111

2788-2993

2788-2985

10.32422/mv-cjir.57.3

Institute of International Relations Prague

2022-11-30

Copyright (c) 2022 Czech Journal of International Relations

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0

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