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Civil Wars
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The Last English Civil War
January 2018
This essay examines why England experienced a civil war every fifty years from the Norman Conquest up until the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689, and was completely stable after that point.
Civil War & the Global Threat of Pandemics
January 2018
This essay confronts the collision of two potential global threats: the outbreak of infectious pandemics and the outbreak and protraction of civil wars.
Establishing a Lebanese Senate: Bicameralism and the Third Republic
August 2012
The Ta’if Accords, which ended Lebanon’s civil war, called explicitly for the dismantling of political confessionalism through the election of a Chamber of Deputies on “a national, non-confessional...
Can Development Aid Contribute to Social Cohesion after Civil War? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia
May 2009
Civil war is very common in the developing world, with harmful welfare effects when it occurs.
The Impact of Administrative Power on Political and Economic Developments: Toward a Political Economy of Implementation
December 2008
Why did limited government and 'constitutionalism' (the rule of law, constitutional rules, and political representation) evolve in some societies but not others?
Lebanese Cinema: Imagining the Civil War and Beyond
December 2008
Modern Lebanese cinema can best be explored in the context of the Civil War, in part because almost all the Lebanese films made since its outset in 1975 have been about this war.
Africa's Revolutionary Deficit
July 2007
Somalia is once again on the front page--and the news isn't pretty.
Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence
October 2006
Some rebel groups abuse noncombatant populations, while others exhibit restraint.
Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America
August 2006
This book explores the politics of fiscal authority, focusing on the centralization of taxation in Latin America during the twentieth century.
What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable
July 2006
In his trenchant analysis, Stephen Biddle ("Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon," March/April 2006) argues that the escalating violence in Iraq is not a nationalist insurgency, as was the Vietnam War,...
Slide Rules: What Civil War Looks Like
March 2006
The article reports that by definition Iraq is in the midst of a civil war and has been ever since the first year of the "post-war" era in 2003.
What Went Wrong and Right in Iraq
December 2005
Bestselling author Francis Fukuyama brings together esteemed academics, political analysts, and practitioners to reflect on the U.S.
Resources and the Information Problem in Rebel Recruitment
August 2005
How does the resource base of a rebel group impact its membership, structure, and behavior?
The Quality of Two Liberal Democracies in Africa: Ghana and South Africa
December 2003
While the Third Wave of Democracy swept through many African countries in the 1990s, South Africa and Ghana stand out as two of the continent’s real success stories politically.
Civil Wars and State-Building in Africa and Eurasia
December 2002
This book compares sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union, two regions beset by the breakdown of states suffering from extreme official corruption, organized crime extending into warlordism...
Africa's Scramble for Africa: Lessons of a Continental War
July 2000
The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which began in August 1998, is unprecedented-at times involving armies from eight African states.
The Westphalian Model and Minority-Rights Guarantees in Europe
December 1998
The wave of ethnic conflict that has recently swept across parts of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Africa has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious....
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