This article reviews the literature on civil war. We focus on the most recent period of
scholarly activity, beginning in the early 2000s when the publication of prominent …

This book argues that political and economic inequalities following group lines generate
grievances that in turn can motivate civil war. Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede …

We examine whether shared collective experiences help build a national identity, by looking
at the impact of national football teams' victories in sub-Saharan Africa. We find that …

How important is ideology for the analysis of civil war? In contrast to literature that neglects
ideology in its emphasis on structural variables or situational incentives, this article argues …

This article exploits variation between and within countries to examine the legacy of
recorded conflicts in Africa in the precolonial period between 1400 and 1700. There are …

Abstract In 2017–18, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed its domestic security
strategy in Xinjiang, escalating the use of mass detention, ideological re-education, and …

There is a long history of state governments providing support to nonstate armed groups
fighting battles in other countries. Examples include Syria's aid to Hamas, Ecuador's support …

Abstract The Islamic State (IS), which controlled significant territory in Iraq and Syria
between 2014 and 2017, engaged in a wide repertoire of violence against civilians living in …

In the past four decades scholars have produced a large literature on the relationship
between territory and war. What is clear is that territory has been and will continue to be a …

Many countries that face forced migrant inflows refuse to admit these uprooted people
premised on negative externalities such as increased insecurity associated with refugee …