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social science subjects > politics and international relations > international relations > peace, war, and conflict resolution > warlords

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warlords  

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  • The term warlord reemerged on the political scene due to a number of bloody intrastate conflicts since the beginning of the 1990s. In particular, the long-standing wars in West Africa, in Somalia, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in Afghanistan led to the frequent use of the term in politics, media, and academia to describe powerful men and their armed organizations, which profit economically from war and violence. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Warlords]

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