insurgent-initiated events, this article explores whether development aid in Afghanistan is violence-reducing. I find that … violence in Iraq—small CERP projects—does not appear to do so in Afghanistan. Possible reasons include troop strength …

An assessment of the employment of mercenaries in Afghanistan gives mixed results. U.S. armed forces appear to have …

An assessment of the employment of mercenaries in Afghanistan gives mixed results. U.S. armed forces appear to have …

incomplete information (both sides believing they can "win," when one – and possibly both – must "lose"). Reasons for conflict … article then draws out six implications for those interested in conflict management and conflict mitigation and comments, for …

This article explores the origin and cost of conflict within the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California … (MET), a cooperative of 26 member agencies delivering water to nearly 20 million people. Conflict within MET has existed … for over 30 years, but increasing population and decreasing water supplies mean that this conflict is becoming more costly …

development that permits countries to utilize th?ir natural resources without driving conflict. …NGO's with an interest in peace and development in Africa documented the role of diamonds in conflict while soci … scientists were researching and modeling the role of natural resources in long-standing violent conflicts. Journalists described …

resources. With the advent of democracy, new legislation demands that all South African citizens have the right to a clean, safe … environment, including access to potable water, and that the country develop in a sustainable manner. But conflict remains due to … an understanding of resource driven conflict to improve the outlook of mining and access to water for all in South Africa. …

The article reports results of an empirical investigation into trade, openness, and domestic conflict for several Latin … of domestic conflict and (2) once initiated, how variations in openness affect conflict duration. For the period 1973 … trade openness reduces the chance for domestic conflict onset as well as the intensity of domestic conflict and (2) over …

waters of the Jordan river itself; several other smaller surface waters; and a number of aquifers. Interstate conflict …