In Quality Peace, leading peace researcher Peter Wallensteen offers a broad analysis of
peacebuilding, isolating what does and not work when settling conflicts. The book uses …

Settlements to civil conflict, which are notably difficult to secure, sometimes contain clauses
enabling the combatant sides to participate as political parties in post-conflict elections. In …

In Wars of Law, Tanisha M. Fazal assesses the unintended consequences of the
proliferation of the laws of war for the commencement, conduct, and conclusion of wars over …

Although there is now a wealth of scholarship concerning the onset, duration, and
termination of civil wars, there is not nearly as much empirical research by political scientists …

During civil conflicts the distribution of power heavily influences belligerents' war strategies,
potentially including civilian targeting. Despite the potential relevance to wartime …

To what extent does the relative strength of a rebel movement impact upon the likelihood of
a peace settlement in civil conflict? This article argues that relatively stronger rebels are …

While armed conflict is ultimately about violent interaction between combatant groups, a
variety of policies are pursued in conjunction with violence that contribute to the course of …

To what extent, does sexual violence influence the likelihood of conflict management in
intrastate conflicts? Despite a growing body of research that explores conflict-related sexual …

Recent work in international relations has problematized state-centric assumptions of
governance to explore variations in authority by a range of nonstate actors (eg …

Power Sharing and Democracy in Post-Civil War States examines the challenge of
promoting democracy in the aftermath of civil war. Hartzell and Hoddie argue that minimalist …