The Middle East is one of the most conflict-prone regions—butwhy? The Collier-Hoeffler model of civil war provides … significant predictor of conflict. For conflict in the Middle East, a more complex picture emerges. Consistent with Collier and … decrease the likelihood of conflict. They also find that ethnic dominance is significant, while social fractionalization is not …

more capitalist economies. The authors argue that extant tests of accountability arguments of interstate conflict …

Reputational theory of conflict behavior dates back to Schelling’s seminal work on bargaining and continues to find …

In spite of its long history among scholars of international conflict, empirical evaluations of diversionary theory … international conflict participation on the other; and measurement error in operationalizations of the independent variableâ …

The relationship between conflict and education has been studied before. However, previous authors have always focused … strongly on the supply-side effects, whereas this article examines the influence of conflict on the demand for education. It is … theoretically shown that, under relatively general conditions, individuals living in a conflict area have an incentive to increase …

conflict, we find that income levels unambiguously increase the chance of peace. Among other issues, we discuss the critical …

monitoring, conflict resolution, enforcement, and/or the delegation of authority to intergovernmental organizations. This article …