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Chenoweth, Erica; Lewis, Orion A - In: Journal of Peace Research 50 (2013) 3, pp. 415-423

Recent studies indicate that strategic nonviolent campaigns have been more successful over time in achieving their political objectives than violent insurgencies. But additional research has been limited by a lack of time-series data on nonviolent and violent campaigns, as well as a lack of more...

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Understanding nonviolent resistance

Chenoweth, Erica; Cunningham, Kathleen Gallagher - In: Journal of Peace Research 50 (2013) 3, pp. 271-276

The events of the Arab Spring of 2011 have made clear the importance and potential efficacy of nonviolent resistance, as well as the fieldâ€™s inability to explain the onset and outcome of major nonviolent uprisings. Until recently, conflict scholars have largely ignored nonviolent...

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â€˜An eye for an eye, a tooth for a toothâ€™: Political violence and counter-insurgency in Egypt

Fielding, David; Shortland, Anja - In: Journal of Peace Research 47 (2010) 4, pp. 433-447

. Attention is focused on the interaction between politically motivated attacks by Islamists and the counter-insurgency measures … used by the Egyptian government. Both insurgency and counter-insurgency are multidimensional. Insurgency includes attacks … on tourists, on Egyptian civilians and on security forces. Counter-insurgency includes arrests and attacks on militants …

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Armed intervention and civilian victimization in intrastate conflicts

Wood, Reed M; Kathman, Jacob D; Gent, Stephen E - In: Journal of Peace Research 49 (2012) 5, pp. 647-660

Research has begun to examine the relationship between changes in the conflict environment and levels of civilian victimization. We extend this work by examining the effect of external armed intervention on the decisions of governments and insurgent organizations to victimize civilians during...

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Afghanistan on the Edge of a Political Abyss

Saikal, Amin - In: International Studies 47 (2010) 1, pp. 27-39

Ten years into the war on terror, the Karzai government and its international backers, namely the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), continue to face bleak prospects in Afghanistan. The country suffers from political uncertainty and instability, with a resurgent...

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Rebels without a Territory

Calle, Luis de la; Sánchez-Cuenca, Ignacio - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (2012) 4, pp. 580-603

The large-n literature on political violence has paid little attention to the distinction between insurgencies that control territory and those that do not. Territorial control has consequences for the lethality of the group, its pattern of recruitment and bargaining power. The main determinant...

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Diffusion, Mediation, Suppression: Indiaâ€™s Varied Strategy towards the Tamil Insurgency in Sri Lanka

Sengupta, Debjani; Ganguly, Rajat - In: Journal of South Asian Development 8 (2013) 1, pp. 105-125

Indiaâ€™s strategy towards the Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka shifted over the course of the conflict from a strategy of … diffusion to a strategy of mediation and then finally to a strategy of suppressionâ€”each strategy marking a distinct phase in … towards the Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka. The empirical analysis confirms the strength of the realist dictum that national …

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Post-2014 Afghanistan: Future Scenarios from Structure and Agency Perspectives

Wolf, Siegfried O. - In: Journal of South Asian Development 8 (2013) 2, pp. 233-254

This article aims to outline some potential developments in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of most of the foreign combat troops in 2014 from an agential as well as a structural perspective. To be able to do so, it is necessary to evaluate the performance of the international community in...

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Victory without peace: Conquest, insurgency, and war termination

Weisiger, Alex - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 31 (2014) 4, pp. 357-382

determines whether conquest results in war termination? While traditional theories of insurgency would predict that peace depends …

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Opportunities to kill or incentives for restraint? Rebel capabilities, the origins of support, and civilian victimization in civil war

Wood, Reed M. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 31 (2014) 5, pp. 461-480

During civil conflicts the distribution of power heavily influences belligerentsâ€™ war strategies, potentially including civilian targeting. Despite the potential relevance to wartime victimization, the relationship between insurgent capabilities and civilian victimization has received...

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