Research question of the paper is what factors lead to third-party intervention in civil wars by both major and minor powers. For this purpose, I propose that we consider four dimensions of civil war intervention. The first dimension to consider is the civil war itself. The characteristics of...

Recent months have seen the adoption of an increasingly belligerent stance towards Iraq on the parts of the US and the UK in particular, signalling a shift from the policy of containment that has been in place since the last Gulf War, and towards a more aggressive policy. As yet, it is unclear...