Kirschner, Shanna A. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 54 (2010) 5, pp. 745-770
When do civil wars last especially long? Commitment problems can stymie conflict resolution but they are not … commitment problems. Intergroup interactions provide combatants with one crucial type of information about their adversaries and … perceptions and the severity of commitment problems, in turn affecting the duration of civil wars. …