The Frontlines Have Shifted: Explaining the Persistence of Pro-State Militias after Civil War

Would the Borda Count Have Avoided the Civil War?

The election of 1860 was one of the most important and contentious elections in US history. It was also one of the most interesting. Four candidates from three different parties battled for the presidency and all four received a significant number of votes. We ask whether Lincoln’s victory was sound, or was it due to a fluke in the electoral system? Did a Lincoln win plausibly represent the wil...

Sustaining the Peace after Civil War

How Much War Will We See? Explaining the Prevalence of Civil War

azerbaijans political development after the collapse of soviet union and implication on relation with the islamic republic of iran

در فصل اول این پایاین نامه در خصوص تاریخ کشور اذربایجان قبل و بعد از جدایی این کشور از ایران مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است ودر فصل دوم تحولات سیاسی این کشور بعد از 1991 و در واقع بعد از فروپاشی شوروی و دولتهایی که روی کار امدند در از جمله دولت ابولفضل ایلچی بیگ،دولت حیدر علی اف وبعد از او پسرش الهام علی اف و نگرش هرکدام از این دولتها به سیاسیت خارجی اذربایجان مورد اشاره قرار گرفته است.در ودر فصل سو...

Explaining Rape during Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980–2009)

Why do some armed groups commit massive wartime rape, whereas others never do? Using an original dataset, I describe the substantial variation in rape by armed actors during recent civil wars and test a series of competing causal explanations. I find evidence that the recruitment mechanism is associated with the occurrence of wartime rape. Specifically, the findings support an argument about wa...