Non-state actors in the Middle East: towards a new typology

... History, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies. Abstract The latest developments in world politics have invariably shown the growing role of non-state actors (NSAs) in international affairs. Although this factor has drawn increased attention in both academic discourse and applied research, problems related to NSA typology remain unclarified. The present paper analyzes existing approaches to the categorization ...