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Between victory and statehood: Armed violence in post-war AbkhaziaWhat accounts for armed violence in the aftermath of civil war? Efforts to develop a comprehensive framework to understand this phenomenon have been made in the literature...
Violence Political violence AbkhaziaWorking Paper
The incursion of Leviathan: wartime territorial control and post-conflict state capacity in PeruHow do civil war dynamics affect state-building decisions in the aftermath of conflict?...
Civil conflict State capacity Post-conflictWorking Paper
Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups’ response to the pandemic in the Middle EastAs COVID-19 spread worldwide, armed groups in control of territory were called to address the health emergency. However, our knowledge in this regard is limited...
Armed conflict COVID-19 Middle East and North AfricaWorking Paper
Rebel governance and political participationRebels, militias, and criminal groups all govern civilians. Governing strategies adopted by armed groups during civil war likely influence citizens’ post-conflict political participation, with consequences for democratic politics...
Armed conflict Governance Wartime governanceProject workshop
Workshop on Institutional legacies of violent conflict
Blog
The 2022 energy shock
The price and availability of energy is fundamental to the health of the global economy...
Natural resources Energy resources Armed conflictBlog
What political science can tell us about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rightly stirred outrage against an act of naked aggression, and sympathy for the plight of ordinary Ukrainians forced to flee their homes and to become refugees...
War Armed conflictBlog
Zelenskiy’s wartime transformation: From comedian to national hero
Shock over the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 continues to be felt...
War Armed conflictBlog
From conflict preventor to security actor: European Peace Facility, Ukraine, and the evolution of EU’s roleRussia’s war of aggression on Ukraine has catalysed the European Union (EU) — criticised as a paper tiger yet acknowledged to evolve through crises — to take concrete steps in security and defence action...
War Armed conflictBlog
Why Russian brutality may backfire: A political violence perspective
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been fast shifting into a new phase, one many observers have noted is marked by increasing levels of Russian brutality and harm toward Ukraine’s population...
War Armed conflictBlog
Superpowers, super-spoilers, and hybrid warfare: What the new Cold War means for global cooperation
Last week we woke up to a conflict that had echoes of the Second World War, the Cold War, and the last two decades of hybrid conflict all mixed into one. It is difficult to look beyond the immediate suffering and scale of violations in Ukraine...
Conflict War Armed conflictBlog
Learning from conflicts past: What recent history of Abkhazia tells us about the future of Donetsk and Luhansk
The recognition of disputed territories as independent states rarely brings underlying conflicts to an end...
Armed conflict WarWorking Paper
Community organization and armed group behaviour: Evidence from ColombiaThis paper investigates how armed groups affect the organization of local communities during armed conflict in Colombia...
Armed conflict Institutions ColombiaWorking Paper
The effects of wartime institutions on households’ ability to cope with shocks: Evidence for ColombiaThis paper studies the legacies of wartime institutions, measured as rebelocracy, on the ability of households to cope with negative income shocks...
Armed conflict Institutions Migration