Civil war

Negotiated Settlements of Civil Wars vs. Victories

Anil Sigdel • Aug 19 2014 • Articles

The quantitative approach somewhat should take different world orders into account to better explain contemporary phenomena and prepare a data set accordingly.

Interview – Tanisha Fazal

E-International Relations • Jun 30 2014 • Features

Dr. Fazal discusses her research on state death, breakthroughs in the study of civil war initiation and termination, and changing norms of humanitarian intervention.

Conflict or Civil War? Conceptualizing the Conflict in Afghanistan

Raghav Sharma • May 30 2014 • Articles

The classification of the conflict in Afghanistan over the course of the 1990s as a “civil war” obscures international culpability in protracting the armed conflict.

South Sudan: The Perils of New States

Gilbert M. Khadiagala • Apr 15 2014 • Articles

With functional and participatory institutions, South Sudan may well reclaim itself as a diverse nation within the regional and international environment.

Interview – James Fearon

E-International Relations • Dec 16 2013 • Features

Professor James Fearon discusses responses to the civil war in Syria and offers his thoughts on the passing of Kenneth Waltz and the academic study of civil wars.

Rationality, Emotion, and Protracted Civil War Violence

Manus Midlarsky • Sep 23 2013 • Articles

Why do some people initiate or prolong conflict when the odds are decidedly against them? An emotion-based theory provides an explanation of behavior at the onset of or during civil war.

The Duality of Syria: Civil War and The War on Terror

Sameera Khalfey • Sep 16 2013 • Articles

Finding a conclusion to the civil war and the ‘War on Terror’ is reliant upon fulfilling the will of the Syrian people without letting them fracture to the point of continuing civil unrest.

Should Western Nations Arm Syrian Rebels?

Samer N. Abboud • May 10 2013 • Articles

There is a compelling case for increased militarization in the ongoing Syrian crisis, but such an intervention may seriously affect the prospects of finding a political solution to the conflict.

The Syrian Predicament

Nadav Morag • May 9 2013 • Articles

The civil war playing out in Syria is an extreme manifestation of a common problem: the creation of independent states based on boundaries that did not reflect social and demographic realities.

Syria: We Can’t Give Up On Diplomacy

Natalie Samarasinghe • Aug 31 2012 • Articles

As Lakhdar Brahimi takes over as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, there is real merit in pursuing a comprehensive Security Council resolution and a post-conflict framework.

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