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War and famine, peace and light? The economic dynamics of conflict in Somalia 1993â€“2009

Shortland, Anja; Christopoulou, Katerina; Makatsoris, … - In: Journal of Peace Research 50 (2013) 5, pp. 545-561

The literature on war economies argues that prolonged civil wars have an economic logic: certain groups may obtain …

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Colgan, Jeff - In: Journal of Peace Research 48 (2011) 4, pp. 547-556

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) both publish datasets on military expenditure that are widely used by scholars and military analysts. This article illustrates the limitations in the reliability and validity...

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Peaceful transitions and democracy

Bayer, ReÅŸat - In: Journal of Peace Research 47 (2010) 5, pp. 535-546

are not the opposite of what is found for war. The findings demonstrate that democracy plays a substantial role in …

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Shades of truth and lies: Interpreting testimonies of war and violence

Fujii, Lee Ann - In: Journal of Peace Research 47 (2010) 2, pp. 231-241

, such as war and genocide? To what extent should researchers trust narratives that are generated in politically sensitive …

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Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

Raleigh, Clionadh; Linke, Andrew; Hegre, Håvard; … - In: Journal of Peace Research 47 (2010) 5, pp. 651-660

countries from 1997 through 2010. ACLEDâ€™s disaggregation of civil war and transnational violent events allow for research on …

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Terror management in times of war: Mortality salience effects on self-esteem and governmental and army support

Chatard, Armand; Selimbegovic, Leila; Paul N'Dri Konan; … - In: Journal of Peace Research 48 (2011) 2, pp. 225-234

in an African civil war context. According to TMT, people manage awareness of inevitable death by increased striving for …, compared to a control condition. Given that mortality is chronically salient in the context of a civil war, these effects can …

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Observing the capitalist peace

Dafoe, Allan; Kelsey, Nina - In: Journal of Peace Research 51 (2014) 5, pp. 619-633

Countries with open capital markets tend to have fewer militarized disputes and wars. Gartzke, Li & Boehmer propose that this association arises from the enhanced ability of states with open capital markets to credibly signal resolve through the bearing of economic costs ex ante to militarized...

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Whither the weather? Climate change and conflict

Gleditsch, Nils Petter - In: Journal of Peace Research 49 (2012) 1, pp. 3-9

Until recently, most writings on the relationship between climate change and security were highly speculative. The IPCC assessment reports to date offer little if any guidance on this issue and occasionally pay excessive attention to questionable sources. The articles published in this special...

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Armed Conflict, 1946-2010

Themnér, Lotta; Wallensteen, Peter - In: Journal of Peace Research 48 (2011) 4, pp. 525-536

,000 or more battle-related deaths) declined from six in 2009 to four in 2010. The most intense war in terms of fatalities was … annual average for the post-Cold War period. …

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Territory and war

Toft, Monica Duffy - In: Journal of Peace Research 51 (2014) 2, pp. 185-198

In the past four decades scholars have produced a large literature on the relationship between territory and war. What … is clear is that territory has been and will continue to be a core issue in explaining the escalation and onset of war …

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