Conflict over scarce resources, such as minerals, fish, water, and particularly territory, is a
traditional source of armed struggle. Recently, wideranging claims have been made to the …

▪ Abstract The idea that democratic states have not fought and are not likely to fight interstate
wars against each other runs counter to the realist and neorealist theoretical traditions that …

We investigate the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960–99.
Rebellion may be explained by atypically severe grievances, such as high inequality, a lack …

All fourteen major peacebuilding missions launched between 1989 and 1999 shared a
common strategy for consolidating peace after internal conflicts: immediate democratization …

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and
peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The third edition of this …

Taking Time Seriously: Time-Series-Cross-Section Analysis with a Binary Dependent Variable
Page 1 Taking Time Seriously: Time-Series-Cross-Section Analysis with a Binary Dependent …

The article reviews the literature on the relationship between democracy and armed conflict,
internal as well as interstate. The review points to several similarities between how …

The liberals believed that economic interdependence, as well as democracy, would reduce
the incidence of interstate conflict. In this article, we test both their economic and their …

It is widely accepted that democracies are less conflict prone, if only with other democracies.
Debate persists, however, about the causes underlying liberal peace. This article offers a …

Why do democracies win wars? This is a critical question in the study of international
relations, as a traditional view--expressed most famously by Alexis de Tocqueville--has …