capability of resulting alliances and, consequently, decreases the amount of militarized conflict. In order to measure the … finds that relational similarity better explains observed patterns of conflict than existing measures. …

it can escalate to war. If it is common knowledge that the countries are strategically rational, then the only … pretend to be crazy. This leads to war with positive probability. In addition to being qualitatively different from the …

Theories of civil war usually theorize the choices of civilians and combatants without considering the institutional … context in which they interact. Despite common depictions of war as chaotic and anarchic, order often emerges locally … local wartime institutions. To this end, I present original evidence on conflict areas in Colombia to illustrate the scope …

Prominent conflict datasets used in the social scientific study of war and peace are summarized. These include datasets … conflict types, alternative definitions of war and sub-war conflict, historical patterns of violence in the international … for armed conflicts (e.g., COW and UCDP/PRIO wars and sub-war conflicts), terrorism (e.g., GTD and ITERATE terrorist …

Millennium Development Goals. It explores the economic behaviour of countries affected by conflict and identifies the impact on … policy options that can be adopted towards countries at war. …

,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. …

The relationship between conflict and individual artistic output is ambiguous, both a priori and in terms of the …

conflict. In contrast with the existing literature, this diversionary use of force takes place even though there is no …This article presents a new theoretical perspective on the diversionary use of force. Players are partitioned into … less internal fighting. In equilibrium, players choose sufficiently high external conflict in order to avoid internal …

This paper defines the global economic costs of conflict and suggests two key criteria, namely comprehensiveness and … conflict countries themselves and for their neighbors. However, the debate is quite fragmented and the literature fails to … aggregate and micro-level estimates of the costs of conflict. …