In international relations, violent non-state actors (VNSAs), also known as non-state armed actors or non-state armed groups (NSAGs), are individuals...

liberation movements, lobby groups, religious groups, aid agencies, and violent non-state actors such as paramilitary forces. Some common and influential classes...

Violent non-state actors at sea includes all violent non-state actors that engage in naval, amphibious or littoral violence or warfare. These include:...

by violent non-state actors against a state (rebellion, rioting, treason, or coup d'état) or it can describe violence which is used against other non-state...

terrorism, in which a violent non-state actor conducts an act of terror under sponsorship of a state. Governments accused of state terrorism may justify...

any war in which one of the major participants is not a state but rather a violent non-state actor. Classical examples of this type of conflict, such as...

Violent non-state actor (VNSA), also known as armed non-state actors (ANSA) – organizations that do not belong to or ally themselves with a state, and who...

Militarization of police Police tactical unit Fourth-generation warfare Violent non-state actor Military urbanism Private army Fascist paramilitary Guerrilla warfare...

is a list of terrorist incidents in 2025, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars...

is a list of major terrorist incidents conducted by violent non-state actors, i.e. excluding state terrorism. This is a list of terrorist incidents with...

On 20 May 2023, a shootout occurred in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. It occurred at 2:18pm at an off-road vehicle rally in the San Vicente area of...

Raskol gangs School violence Triad (organized crime) Violent extremism Violent non-state actor War on Gangs Douglas Harper. "gang". Online Etymology...

based on revenge theme Vigilantism in the United States of America Violent non-state actor – Groups independent of governments which use violence Whistleblower –...

remains the only American flag officer ever taken prisoner by a violent non-state actor. Dozier was born in Arcadia, Florida. Dozier graduated from the...

if you killed somebody. Foulk: Well there is a self-defense law in this state, and we were within our legal rights in defending ourselves. Robinson 2009...

The 1935 Revolution Day Zócalo Battle was a violent conflict that broke out during the Revolution Day festival of 1935 at the Zócalo between members of...

waiting for a signal of a successful takeover of Parramatta, and with the non-appearance of reinforcements, Cunningham was forced to withdraw from Parramatta...

Williams, and Latavia "Tay" McGee—were all African American residents of the state of South Carolina. On the morning of 3 March 2023, they crossed the border...

time the United States acknowledged a preemptive strike against a violent non-state actor. U.S. intelligence wrongly suggested financial ties between the...

countries by Fragile States Index Rogue state Ochlocracy Crisis States Research Centre Violent non-state actor Pariah state Banana republic International isolation...

Military volunteer Mercenary List of designated terrorist groups Violent non-state actor Private army "paramilitary". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed...

north-western town of Kuriga [ceb], Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The event occurred while the pupils were gathered on the assembly ground...

in the Philippines List of terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia List of non-state terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka List of terrorist incidents in Syria...

visited shortly after the murder. She recounted that he arrived in a panicked state and was asking for a change of clothes. When she originally came forward...

Center as hate groups List of white nationalist organizations Violent non-state actor United States designation of Al-Mourabitoun was done as an alias...

State-sponsored terrorism is terrorist violence carried out with the active support of national governments provided to violent non-state actors. It contrasts...

society", according to Grapperhaus. The Dutch Association of Journalists stated: "This hits journalism right in the heart." Ursula von der Leyen, President...

is a list of terrorist incidents in 2024, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars...

were increasing in the prison in the years leading up to the riot, with violent incidents being recorded for the first time at the facility in 2020. Organized...

anarchism Irregular warfare Political warfare Revolutionary warfare Violent non-state actor COIN (board game) National doctrines Foreign internal defense Reagan...