To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state … armed groups govern territories and civilians within them-that under certain circumstances may be harnessed in the post-war … the type of statebuilding and political regime trajectories that emerge in the post-war period. …

war-torn countries. In a further 37 violent countries, political violence was widespread and even endemic without quite … meriting the name of war. Of this total of 79 conflict countries, 65 are in the Third World. Wars that in 1993 were fought … to and including war is a chronic development problem. The paper argues that a development agenda that fails to address …

violence and on promising policies for fostering peace. We make four main points. First, one of the reasons conflict is still … costs of deterrence. Second, there are several types of war traps that hold countries back, both economically and … there is a strong macro complementarity between peace and development objectives. We document how single-minded policies …

conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the …

have a war bias that is so strong that they prefer war occurring with high probability whereas citizens prefer peace …What can be done to reduce the likelihood of future wars? While states’ decisions that bear on war are ultimately made … future wars. This thesis can be broken down into two claims: first, there is a war bias of political leaders; second, people …