A growing wave of scholarship suggests that ideology has demonstrable effects on various
forms of armed conflict. But ideology remains a relative theoretical newcomer in conflict …

How does the presence of multiple combatants affect rebel groups' ideological and demand
positioning? Although violent forms of inter-group conflict have been widely studied in the …

Online media is a blessing and a curse for academic research on war. On the one hand, the
internet provides unprecedented access to information from conflict zones. On the other …

Does rebel group ideology influence variation in wartime sexual violence? While existing
studies have explored country-level and conflict-specific factors to explain wartime sexual …

Terrorist group rivalries and alliances have important consequences, but the sources of
these relationships are debated. This article offers a side-by-side examination of correlates …

Theories of interaction among rebel groups in civil wars, like other works in the armed
conflict literature, continue to see force as foundational to the trajectory and outcome of …

How do rebel groups survive and thrive in multiparty civil wars where numerous groups not
only fight against a common enemy but also compete with each other for support, recruits …

Political Islam is a modern phenomenon that seeks to use religion to shape the political
system. Its origins lie in the perceived failure of the secular ideologies of nationalism and …

A recent wave of civil conflict scholarship examines rebel governance, the process through
which insurgent groups organize local affairs in areas under their control. While current …

Why do militant groups turn on each other? This behavior is somewhat puzzling, since such
groups are often on the same side of a conflict. A growing body of literature seeks to …