Contents

Violent Entrepreneurs and Techno Warlords … All Edge
by Robert J. Bunker

Introduction
Warlords, Inc.—A Portrait
by Andrew Trabulsi

Part 1: The Dark Side

1. Of Warlords and Rodeos
Why Nothing Works
by Vinay Gupta

2. Social and Economic Collapse
Lessons from History and Complexity
by Peter Taylor and Noah Raford

3. Innovation, Deviation, and Development
Warlords and Proto-State Provision
by Nils Gilman, Jesse Goldhammer, and Steven Weber

4. Sovereignty, Criminal Insurgency, and Drug Cartels
The Rise of a Post-State Society
by John P. Sullivan

5. From Patronage Politics to Predatory States
Crime and Governance in Africa
by Tuesday Reitano

Part 2: Shades of Gray

6. Warlord Governance
Transition Toward—or Coexistence with—the State?
by Daniel Biró

7. 5GW
Into the Heart of Darkness
by Mark Safranski

8. Weaponizing Capitalism
The Naxals of India
by Shlok Vaidya

9. Mexico’s Criminal Organizations
Weakness in Their Complexity, Strength in Their Evolution
by Samuel Logan and James Bosworth

Part 3: The Bright Side

10. The Politics of a Post-Climate-Change World
Pyongyang, Puntland, or Portland?
by William Barnes and Nils Gilman

11. Bringing the End of War to the Global Badlands
by Hardin Tibbs

12. The White Hats
A Multitude of Citizens
by Paul Hilder

13. Beyond Survival
Pioneering as a Response to Crisis
by Graham Leicester

Epilogue
Into the Future
by Daniel S. Gressang

Acknowledgments

About the Contributors