Just digging into this IFIT paper from @VFelbabBrown on negotiations with criminal groups. Super important work, given how little empirical evidence there is on this.
Unsurprisingly, many parallels to negotiations with insurgents and other NSAGs...
https://www.ifit-transitions.org/publications/major-publications-briefings/bargaining-with-the-devil-to-avoid-hell/bargaining-with-the-devil-to-avoid-hell-a-discussion-paper-on-negotiations-with-crminal-groups-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.pdf …pic.twitter.com/RsKAqsHQpy
