Changing Commitments: Shifts in External State Support to Rebels
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چکیده
The provision of external state support to non-state armed groups in civil wars is a dynamic process. While we know much about the initiation and its effects, less why sponsorship changes over time. Based on within-case analysis United States’ commitment opposition Nicaragua 1980s, this article demonstrates utility focusing shifts leaders’ perceptions domestic attribution processes rather than structural features international system or rebel behaviour understand temporal variation support.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Civil Wars
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1743-968X', '1369-8249']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.1989146