It is widely assumed that development aid can help to stabilize regions in or after conflict. However, we lack …-level longitudinal study of 80 communities in northeast Afghanistan between 2007 and 2009 and investigated the impact of aid on …

less internal fighting. In equilibrium, players choose sufficiently high external conflict in order to avoid internal … conflict. In contrast with the existing literature, this diversionary use of force takes place even though there is no …

in Afghanistan provides a useful opportunity to examine this relationship. Using this conflict, we test an argument about …The study of conflict increasingly focuses on events and relationships within wars. Among these is the relationship … physical geography within states, the opportunities for such quantitative analysis have grown. In particular, the ongoing war …

War outcomes are unlikely to effect elections if the major parties did not disagree over the war. Leaders who enter … government during the war. Employing original data on legislative opposition during interstate wars, this paper examines all … likely to be punished (rewarded) for bad (good) outcomes if the opposition did not support the war. Further, there is no …

recent work on the relation between bargaining and war to a three-state setting where coalitions are possible. I show that if …

nonlinear, coupled differential equations from which predictions can be derived as to eventual alliance building or conflict in …

patterns are clear, individuals rely on primary casualty information for evaluating a conflict. As uncertainty increases … on public support of the conflict. An experimental study finds strong support for these arguments. I examine how the … results contribute to our understanding of wartime public support, women in combat, and the Iraq War. …

weigh the trade-offs between economic and military growth, as well as deciding on the best strategy to follow should war … states might conclude that their only hope of winning or surviving a rivalry lies in fighting a counterforce war, explain why …