Few issues in international politics have dominated public debates, both in domestic and
international arenas, as much as refugee movements across borders in recent years. By the …

The brutal wars in Iraq, Syria and now Ukraine have caused a massive influx of refugees to
Europe. Turkey alone has received more than 4.8 million refugees. An important …

How do populations facing external aggression view the costs and benefits of self‐defense?
In Western countries, war support has been shown to follow cost–benefit calculations …

A large literature suggests that the presence of refugees is associated with greater risk of
conflict. We argue that the positive effects of hosting refugees on local conditions have been …

Citizen engagement in and support for peace processes have been deemed important for
sustainable peace after civil wars. Yet much of what we know about peace processes in civil …

How does political violence affect popular support for peace? We answer this question by
examining Colombia, where in 2016 the people narrowly and unexpectedly voted against a …

We present the results of a lab-in-the-field experiment run with ex-combatants, victims, and
non-victims of conflict in Colombia. In our setting, subjects make contributions to a public …

Armed groups seeking to govern territory require the cooperation of many civilians, who are
widely perceived as enemy collaborators after conflict ends. The empirical literature on …

Peace agreements are negotiated and signed by representatives of the government and the
rebels, often after many years of violent conflict, but their ability to transform a war-torn …

This conclusion to the special issue highlights the role of scholars in advancing the public
discussion about forced migration. As countries around the world are adopting increasing …