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of terrorism, ¡°Al-Qaeda in Iraq¡± has been operating in the field for some time, and thus Iraq will likely remain an …How does the Iraq War affect the future world order? What kinds of problems has this war brought about, and what is … needed to remedy these problems, so as to reconstruct an order in Iraq and beyond? The present volume is a collection of …
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This study explores the nexus between foreign aid, war on terror, and terrorism in Pakistan for the period 1972 … no association between foreign assistance and conflict in Pakistan. However, the impact of foreign aid on terrorism is … positive in the long run during the war on terror period. Furthermore, the positive impact of GDP on terrorism mirrors the fact …
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data on development spending in Iraq, we show that violence reducing effects of aid are greater when (a) projects are small …
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Existing theories of pre-emptive war typically predict that the leading country may choose to launch a war on a follower who is catching up, since the follower cannot credibly commit to not use their increased power in the future. But it was Japan who launched a war against the West in 1941, not...
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test that prediction in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Philippines, using survey data on unemployment and two newly …
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The paper reviews selected implications of trade integration via global value chains (GVC) and identifies gaps in understanding of GVC risks. Despite recent significant progress, many GVC risks remain unknown. The paper also discusses pros and cons of possible strategies to minimise GVC risks...
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from Iraq on violence against Coalition and Iraqi forces, reconstruction spending, and community characteristics (sectarian …
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This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between civil wars and international trade. We first show that trade destruction due to civil wars is very large and persistent and increases with the severity of the conflict. We then test the presence of two effects that trade can have on the...
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We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
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