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This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept … of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling/ Nozic/Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict …
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from the Rose [2004] dataset, the ITERATE dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We … of terrorism, as well as internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30 percent tariff on trade. This is …
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from the Rose [2004] dataset, the ITERATE dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We … of terrorism, as well as internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30 percent tariff on trade. This is …
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effects of international trade, besides keeping markets open to further reduce the potential of international conflict. …
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defense spending while abnormal returns following geopolitical events (conflict escalations, peace treaties, terrorist attacks …
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In the midst of growing public wariness about large-scale foreign interventions, the Obama administration has decided to arm the Syrian rebels. Those who call for increasing the scope of U.S. aid to the Syrian rebels argue that (1) arming the rebels is the cheapest way to halt a humanitarian...
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prosecution of a conflict (like the Kosovo bombing campaign) from its consequences (like KFOR). There are at least four components … to post-conflict restoration: rebuilding security, establishing effective governance, reconstruction and development, and …
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In 1991, after the first Gulf War, the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq rose up against the Hussein government, with U.S. encouragement. The rebellion failed; in retaliation the government embarked on a massive water diversion project to drain the wetlands. In 1970 the wetlands covered nearly 11,000...
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The full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war have caused and continue causing damages of devastating proportions. We analyse the impact on the Ukrainian labor market and propose a framework for its rebuilding. The Ukrainian labour market needs not only to be rebuilt - it needs to be...
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Most combatants in armed conflict are men, so naturally men are the major direct victims of military operations. Yet … arguably more so than men. This article provides the first rigorous analysis of the impact of armed conflict on female relative … to male life expectancy. We find that over the entire conflict period interstate and civil wars on average affect women …
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