Territorial control is a central variable for civil war research–yet, we lack sufficiently detailed
data to capture subnational dynamics and offer cross-country coverage. This article …

Prior research on civilian targeting in civil war has focused on characteristics of either the
government or rebel group that make them more or less likely to target civilians. However …

Counting conservatively, data show about 100 million mass atrocity-related deaths since
1900. A distinct empirical phenomenon, mass atrocities are events of enormous scale …

We apply panel estimation methods to test how the incidence of war in neighbourhood
countries affects the incidence of war in the domestic country. This study finds positive and …

Is there more violence in areas with many small countries or only a single large one? I build
on Bernholz (The international game of power: past, present and future 1985) to create a …

ABSTRACT 'Habituation to atrocity'is characterized as an actor's increased willingness to
carry out high-level violence against civilians (VAC) owing to the choice of low-level attacks …

Why do insurgent groups that employ terrorism as a strategy attack certain types of targets?
What explains a group's target preferences, and why do these target selection preferences …

Contemporary civil wars occur in the context of eroded state capacity, marked by the
absence of effective formal institutions. At the same time, these wars occur in relational …

Limited systematic research has investigated how conflict events shape the spatial-temporal
variation of insurgent violence against civilians. Although previous research has …

We live in what is probably the most peaceful time in hundreds, if not thousands of years
(Pinker 2012). This peace has major implications for human welfare, yet the causes of peace …