The book's primary intention is to direct attention to potent questions --and accompanying policy challenges -- arising from non-state armed expansion.

Stefano Ruzza is Assistant Professor of Conflict, Security and Statebuilding at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin. He is also Head of Research of T.wai, the Torino World Affairs Institute.

Anja P. Jakobi is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Charles Geisler is Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University.

Introduction 1 The Siege of Westphalia? Non-state challenges to a state-centred world STEFANO RUZZA AND CHARLES C. GEISLER Part I: Challenging the state 2 Back to the clan: Organized crime as state surrogate for the market FABIO ARMAO 3 Dispute resolution mechanisms provided by violent non-state actors: An international comparative analysis of causes and consequences EDGARDO BUSCAGLIA 4 Clausewitz in the boardroom: Legitimacy and hegemony VINCENZO RUGGIERO 5 New vortices of power: The alliance between trans-national corporations and private military security corporations in the Katanga district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo SPENCER SCHWARTZ AND CHARLES C. GEISLER Part II: Defending the state 6 The logic and consequences of state strategies towards violent non-state actors SARAH ZUKERMAN DALY 7 The shifting territorial dimensions of crime-fighting: Rescaling state security to the sub-local level in Mexico City DIANE E. DAVIS AND GUILLERMO RUIZ DE TERESA 8 The privatization of counter-piracy: Implications for order at sea PETER CHALK Part III: Changing the state 9 Between public and private: Reconstructing the field of security in post- communist Europe ALEXANDRA GHECIU 10 The state and the reproduction of violence in post-transition El Salvador and Guatemala JOSÉ MIGUEL CRUZ 11 Debunking the stationary bandit myth: Violence and governance in statebuilding history KIMBERLY MARTEN 12 Regardless of Clausewitz? Classical strategic theory in a hybrid world GIAMPIERO GIACOMELLO AND STEFANO RUZZA Conclusions 13 Non-State Challenges: Nibbling on the edges or crunching on principles of the Westphalian order? ANJA P. JAKOBI