Militan Contra di Nicaragua , 1987
Bendera Lord's Resistance Army
Pelaku ganas bukan negara (violent non-state actors atau VNSA ), juga dikenali sebagai pelaku bersenjata bukan negara , adalah pelaku bukan negara , iaitu "individu atau organisasi yang mempunyai kuasa ekonomi, politik atau sosial dan boleh mempengaruhi di peringkat nasional dan kadangkala peringkat antarabangsa tetapi tidak tergolong atau bersekutu dengan mana-mana negara atau negeri tertentu,"[ 1] yang menggunakan keganasan dalam mengejar objektif mereka. Istilah ini telahpun digunakan dalam beberapa dokumen yang diterbitkan oleh Tentera AS . Terdapat banyak sebab bagaimana pelaku ganas bukan negara berkembang.
Bartolomei, Jason; Casebeer, William; Thomas, Troy (November 2004). "Modeling Violent Non-State Actors: A Summary of Concepts and Methods" (PDF) . IITA Research Publication, Information Series . Colorado: Institute for Information Technology Applications, United States Air Force Academy (4). CS1 maint: ref=harv (link )
Casebeer, William, (USAF, USAF Academy); Thomas, Maj. Troy (USAF 1st Fighter Wing IN.) (December 2002). "Deterring Violent Non-State Actors in the New Millenium" . Strategic Insights . I (10): [halaman diperlukan ] . Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada March 6, 2008. CS1 maint: ref=harv (link )
Humanitarian Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups . Chatham House . Dicapai pada 6 July 2017 .
Jackson, A (2012). "Briefing Paper: Talking to the other side: Humanitarian engagement with armed non-state actors" . Overseas Development Institute . CS1 maint: ref=harv (link )
Thomas, Troy S.; Casebeer, William D. (March 2004). "Violent Non-State Actors: Countering Dynamic Systems" (PDF) . Strategic Insights . III (3). Diarkibkan daripada yang asal (PDF) pada March 1, 2009. CS1 maint: ref=harv (link )
Shultz, Richard H. ; Farah, Douglas; Lochard, Itamara V. (September 2004). "Armed Groups: A Tier-One Security Priority" (PDF) . INSS Occasional Paper . USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy (57).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link )
Thomas, Troy S.; Kiser, Stephen D.; Casebeer, William D. (August 2005). Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-state Actors . Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-1190-1 . CS1 maint: ref=harv (link )
(28 November 2008). "Violent Non-State Actors ". International Relations and Security Network. Diarkibkan 2016-03-03 di Wayback Machine
Bryce, Hannah (2016). Humanitarian Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups .
Gillard, Emanuela-Chiara (2017). Humanitarian Action and Non-state Armed Groups: The International Legal Framework .
Jones, Kate (2017). Humanitarian Action and Non-state Armed Groups: The UK Regulatory Environment .
Keatinge, Tom; Keen, Florence (2017). Humanitarian Action and Non-state Armed Groups: The Impact of Banking Restrictions on UK NGOs .
Lewis, Patricia; Keatinge, Michael (2016). Towards a Principled Approach to Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups for Humanitarian Purposes .
Mulaj, Klejda (2010). Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics . London: C Hurst & Co. ISBN 9781849040174 .
San-Akca, Belgin (2009). "Supporting Non-state Armed Groups (NAGs): A Resort to Illegality?". Journal of Strategic Studies . 32 (4): 589–613.
Thomas, Troy S.; Kiser, Stephen D. (May 2002). Lords of the Silk Route: Violent Non-State Actors in Central Asia (PDF) . INSS Occasional Paper 43. USAF Institute for National Security Studies USAF Academy, Colorado.