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A Persuasive Peace: Syrian Refugees' Attitudes Towards Compromise and Civil War Termination

By: Kristin Fabbe, Chad Hazlett and Tolga Sınmazdemir
Civilians who have fled violent conflict and settled in neighboring countries are integral to processes of civil war termination. Contingent on their attitudes, they can either back peaceful settlements or support warring groups and continued fighting. Attitudes toward... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; War; Conflict and Resolution; Attitudes; Perspective; Syria
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Syrian Refugees in Turkey and the Politics of Post Conflict Reconciliation

By: Kristin Fabbe and Tolga Sınmazdemir
Finding suitable settlements to civil wars, then proceeding to reconcile and reintegrate civilian communities to realize such settlements and avoid future conflict, poses many seemingly insurmountable challenges. The Syrian conflict is a case in point. Not only has a... View Details
Keywords: Syrian Refugees; Conflict; Postconflict Reconciliation; Refugees; War; Conflict and Resolution; Attitudes; Syria; Turkey
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Civil Wars and Strategic Subsidies

By: Jaya Y. Wen, Yulu Tang and Cheryl Wu
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  • January 2017
  • Article

Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Intensity and Dynamics of Civil Conflict

By: Stephen Chaudoin, Zachary Peskowitz and Christopher Stanton
There is a tremendous amount of variation in conflict intensity both across and within civil conflicts. Some conflicts result in huge numbers of battle deaths, while others do not. Conflict intensity is also dynamic. Conflict intensity escalates, deescalates, and... View Details
Keywords: Civil Wars; Political Economy; Conflict; Trade Interdependence; War; Microeconomics
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  • March 2005 (Revised May 2007)
  • Compilation

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes Abraham Lincoln's leadership during America's greatest crisis, the 1861-1865 Civil War. Using Lincoln's own words, the case traces the development of the 16th president's leadership philosophy, ethics, and skills in the years leading up to war. View Details
Keywords: History; Government and Politics; War; Leadership Style; Ethics; United States
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  • April 3, 2018
  • Article

Insight on Syria: What Are Putin's Motives?

By: Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux
Russia’s direct entry into the Syrian conflict in September 2015 was spurred by a plethora of motivations. Russian scholars Rawi Abdelal and Alexandra Vacroux unpack the various rationales. View Details
Keywords: Syrian Civil War; Vladimir Putin; War; International Relations; Russia; Syria
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  • 06 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

Civil wars have been the dominant form of conflict around the world since World War II, resulting in approximately 20 million deaths. But it's not just sociologists who are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Book Review

Book Review of 'Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America' by Sarah Zukerman Daly

By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Why do some non-state actors, under the same peace accord, go back to violence in the aftermath of the disarming and demobilization of their armies, while others remain demilitarized? In her book, Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in... View Details
Keywords: Civil War; Government; Government and Politics; Governance; National Security; Governance Compliance; Latin America
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  • 01 May 2017
  • News

What Do Syrians Want Their Future to Be?

  • December 2011 (Revised May 2014)
  • Background Note

Col. Joshua Chamberlain: Background to a Challenging Negotiation from the Civil War

By: James K. Sebenius
This note provides historical context and background for a challenging negotiation by Col. Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine Regiment of the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. View Details
Keywords: History; Negotiation; United States
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

World War II and the Roots of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Marco Tabellini, Silvia Farina and Andy Ferrara
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  • February 2005
  • Article

Portrait of a Failed Rebellion: An Account of Rational, Sub-optimal Violence in Western Uganda

By: Lucy Hovil and Eric D. Werker
While newspaper reports typically describe anti-civilian violence in civil war as resulting from hatred or anarchy, there is an emerging literature that interprets these processes as calculated, strategic actions of war makers. We argue that this literature... View Details
Keywords: Civilian Violence; Civil War; Insurgency; War Financing; Uganda; Failure; Society; Uganda
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  • May 2024
  • Article

Threat Perceptions, Loyalties and Attitudes Towards Peace: The Effects of Civilian Victimization among Syrian Refugees in Turkey

By: Kristin Fabbe, Chad Hazlett and Tolga Sinmazdemir
For refugees who have fled civil conflict, do experiences of victimization by one armed group push them to support the opposing armed groups? Or, does victimization cause refugees to revoke their support for all armed groups, whatever side they are on, and call instead... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; War; Attitudes; Perception
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  • December 2004
  • Article

Emancipation and Empire: Reconstructing the Worldwide Web of Cotton Production in the Age of the American Civil War

By: Sven Beckert
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  • January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
  • Background Note

Note on Conflict Diamonds: Why Are Civil Wars, Like Diamonds, Forever?

Discusses the role of diamonds in Angola's civil war. View Details
Keywords: War; Goods and Commodities; Mining; Mining Industry; Angola
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  • November 19, 2013
  • Guest Column

The Road to America Leads Through Gettysburg

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Keywords: American History; Abraham Lincoln; American Civil War; Leadership; United States
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Displaced Loyalties: The Effects of Indiscriminate Violence on Attitudes Among Syrian Refugees in Turkey

By: Kristin Fabbe, Chad Hazlett and Tolga Sinmazdemir
How does violence during conflict affect the political attitudes of civilians who leave the conflict zone? Using a survey of 1,384 Syrian refugees in Turkey, we employ a natural experiment owing to the inaccuracy of barrel bombs to examine the effect of having one's... View Details
Keywords: Syria; Turkey; Refugees; War; Attitudes; Syria; Turkey
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  • August 2022
  • Case

Negotiating Peace in Colombia

By: Deepak Malhotra and Cody Smith
This case follows the protracted armed conflict between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), tracing it from its origins over 50 years ago, through the private and public negotiations that ultimately resulted in the 2016... View Details
Keywords: Conflict; Peace Process; Dispute Resolution; Protracted Conflicts; Peacemaking; Civil War; Negotiation; Leadership; Conflict and Resolution; Government Administration; Colombia
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  • December 2017
  • Case

Piracy in Somalia (A)

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Alissa Davies
A Somali fisherman stands on a beach in early 2011, considering his options: should he embark in his tiny fishing vessel or join a nearby pirate crew? His war-ravaged country, entering its 20th year of civil war, was in the midst of a famine that had claimed hundreds... View Details
Keywords: Pirates; Foreign Aid; Civil War; Private Property; Human Rights; Economic Development; Globalization; War; Property; Crime and Corruption; Rights; Development Economics; Moral Sensibility; Shipping Industry; Somalia
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  • Book Review

Review of The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism, by Paul D. Moreno

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
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