Does the war-making/state-making thesis, most associated with Charles Tilly, apply in the
developing world If so, how? This essay reviews the bellicist literature and offers an …

How do political authorities build support for themselves and their rule? Doing so is key to
accruing power, but it can be a complicated affair. The European Union, as a novel political …

Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to
cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly …

How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided
Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the …

This book critically examines the significance of gender, race and sexuality to wars waged
by liberal states. Drawing on original field-research with British soldiers, it offers insights into …

My aim in this article is to analyze a set of gendered power relations played out in two
postconflict settings. Based on interviews with peacekeepers and others, I argue that sexual …

In the post-Cold War era, European militaries are engaged in an ongoing adaptation which
is challenging relations between armed forces and the societies that they serve. This book …

European armed forces are currently undergoing a profound series of shifts in relation to
their core roles. These changes are increasingly challenging long-held assumptions about …

If democratic principles do not just" rub off" onto United Nations peacekeepers, what positive
or negative implications can be observed? Winner of the Luciano Tomassini Latin American …

Ex-combatants who fought with the Salvadoran Army during El Salvador's 1980–92 civil war
often recall being 'captured', rather than recruited, suffering beatings and humiliation in the …