In 2010, UCDP recorded 30 active armed conflicts (ie with a minimum of 25 battle-related
deaths). This is a substantial reduction in relation to the 36 conflicts registered for 2009. A …

Third-party states consider the regional destabilization consequences of civil wars when
deciding to intervene. However, previous work implicitly assumes that potential interveners …

An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and
other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war" One of the best informed and …

In 2014, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) recorded 40 armed conflicts with a
minimum of 25 battle-related deaths, up by six from 2013. This is the highest number of …

Why do some countries emerge from civil war more democratic than when they entered into
it, while others remain staunchly autocratic? Observers widely depict internal conflict as a …

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring the Middle East has plunged into a state of instability. The
United States has responded to these rising insecurities in a region of strategic importance …

Many rebel organizations receive significant assistance from external governments, yet the
reasons why some rebels attract foreign support while others do not is poorly understood …

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 …

Scholars have spent decades investigating various sources of rebellion, from societal and
institutional explanations to individual motivations to take up arms against one's …

In this article, we present the most up-to-date, fine-grained, global dataset on external
support in armed conflicts: the UCDP External Support Dataset (ESD). The dataset …