civil conflict. But, in other places victory by a challenger has provided only a temporary respite, a brief intermission … before the resumption of civil conflict. This paper uses a theoretical model of civil conflict to identify the factors that … determine whether civil conflict is ended or never ending. This theory focuses on how the values that rival groups attach to …

violent opposition groups choose distinct forms of violence (i.e., terrorism and open rebellion). We argue that the distinct … find that system size is positively associated with all analyzed modes of violent opposition. -- terrorism ; civil conflict …We jointly analyze the genesis of terrorism and civil war, providing a simple conceptual framework to explain why …