Current Situation
Warlordism appears in so-called failed states: states in which central government and nationwide authorities have collapsed or exist merely formally without actual control over the state territory. They are usually defined by a high level of clientelism, low bureaucratic control and a high motivation in prolonging war for the maintenance of their economic system, mainly based on the extraction of natural resources.
Examples:
- With the collapse of the Somalian central government, groups of rival warlords constituted the only form of authority in some parts of the country.
- Other countries and territories with warlords include Afghanistan, Iraq, Burma (Wa State), Russia (Chechnya), Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Sudan, the Philippines, Pakistan (Pashtun Tribal Areas) and Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan)
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