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Our Database is an information hub on global political movements and insurgencies. Our writers are entirely neutral on all issues covered, and this archive does not in any way seek to condone violence or extremism. The journalistic objective of The Modern Insurgent is to create a purely informative database of scholarly articles and analyses of political movements.
Evan Berridge
Feb 19
Chin National Defense Force
The Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) is the armed wing of the Chin National Organization, a Chin ethnic armed organization in Myanmar.
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Riles Kiley
Aug 7, 2024
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
Insurgency Overview Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), or “Basque Homeland and Liberty” was a Basque nationalist and separatist organization...
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Jeff Hanrahan
Aug 2, 2024
Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN)
Barisan Revolusi Nasional (National Revolutionary Front, or BRN for short) is an Islamist separatist group in southern Thailand.
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Orlando Miceli
Apr 4, 2024
Malorussian Liberation Army (MLA)
Introduction & Overview The Malorussian Liberation Army is a militant group active on the pro-Russian side of the Russo-Ukrainian War....
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Micah Hughey
Mar 20, 2024
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)
The Karen (Kuh-ren) National Liberation Army (KNLA) is a military branch of the political organization [...]
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Charlie McCombie
Mar 4, 2024
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA)
Insurgency Overview The CMA is a mostly secular, Tuareg-Arab separatist political-military coalition seeking independence for Azawad –...
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Jericho Leavitt
Jan 4, 2024
Eastern Security Network (ESN)
Insurgency Overview The Eastern Security Network (ESN) is the paramilitary branch of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB),a separatist...
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Jericho Leavitt
Nov 8, 2023
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Introduction & Overview The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist/secessionist organization operating in Nigeria that aims...
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Jericho Leavitt
Oct 18, 2023
Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Insurgency Overview The Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a political separatist organization that operates in both the...
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Jean Franco
Aug 15, 2023
Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance
Insurgency Overview Throughout the Yemen Civil War (2014-Present), and indeed throughout much of its history, the southern Arabian region...
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Andi Basro
Apr 21, 2023
Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)
Insurgency Overview Patani United Liberation Organisation or PULO is a Malay-Muslim separatist movement mainly operating in Southern...
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Andi Basro
Mar 12, 2023
Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State - East Asia Province)
Insurgency Overview Abu Sayyaf, also known as the Islamic State - East Asia Province, is a jihadist separatist insurgency operating in...
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Mike Godwin
Dec 9, 2022
Armed Forces of South Ossetia (AFSO)
Insurgency Overview The Armed Forces of South Ossetia (AFSO), often simply referred to as the South Osstian Army, is the military of the...
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Orlando Miceli
Nov 28, 2022
Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (AFPMR)
Introduction & Overview The Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (AFPMR) were founded on the 8th of September 1991....
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Hamish Harris
Nov 27, 2022
Mai-Mai Kata Katanga
Introduction & Overview Mai-Mai Kata Katanga is a rebel organisation which formed in 2011 and operates in the Southeastern province of...
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Liam Coyle
Nov 25, 2022
Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)
Insurgency Overview Since 2014, The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine have been engaged in direct confrontations with...
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Liam Coyle
Nov 25, 2022
Abkhazian Armed Forces (AAF)
Insurgency Overview The Abkhazian Armed Forces (AAF) is the acting military of the Georgian breakaway state, the Republic of Abkhazia,...
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Antoine Brimbal
Nov 18, 2022
The South is my Country
Insurgency Overview The South Is My Country (O Sul é o Meu Pais in Portuguese) is a separatist movement in the south of Brazil. The...
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Antoine Brimbal
Oct 8, 2022
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC)
Overview & Introduction The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) is a guerrilla movement fighting for the...
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