Volker Böge assesses security in the hybrid political orders of many post-colonial countries. They are characterized by diverse and competing authority structures, sets of rules, and logics of order and combine elements of Western models with elements stemming from local indigenous traditions. Consequentially, there is also a huge variety of peace, security, and justice providers. They straddle the state/non-state boundary and maintain complex, fluid, and constantly changing intense interactions and relationships.