analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises. …We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where … review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future …

-stage game with three competing importers, where fi rst, two of the countries decide on whether to initiate war against each …), but could render the eruption of war between member and non-member countries more likely (peace diversion). This paper is … literature to endogenize countries terms of trade. We use data from the Correlates of War project to empirically test these …

While much of the literature studies causes and consequences of war, the reverberations of peace have rarely been … information on ceasefires with granular data about violence and economic recovery, allowing us to observe their dynamics at highly … disaggregated levels and in temporal proximity to their entry into force. Overall, ceasefires have a marginal effect on violence …

? This paper argues that cultural similarity can actually cause wars, which occur to combat diffusion. This new theory of war …) and on the First World War, as well as statistical analysis on all the wars of the last two centuries. …

We analyze how trade openness matters for interstate conflict over productive resources. Our analysis features a terms …, greater trade openness brings with it a reduction in resources diverted to conflict and thus wasted, as well as the familiar … with a third (friendly) country, a move from autarky to trade intensifies conflict between the two adversaries, inducing …

intervention. At the same time, and regrettably, sanctions do not necessarily prevent armed conflict adding to the economic cost …

The launch of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) soon after September 11, 2001 has been predicted to fundamentally alter U ….S. foreign aid programs. In particular, there is a common expectation that development assistance will be used to support … appear to be affecting only a handful of critical countries, namely, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, and the Palestinian …

rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, establishing new green guidelines for multilateral development banks, coordinating …