What makes a terrorist? Is an individual inherently predisposed to be attracted to political
violence or does exposure to a certain environment desensitize them in such a way that …

Plagued by systematic state failure, sub-Saharan Africa's failed states have helped facilitate
internationally sponsored terrorist networks and operations. However, until recently, this type …

Building on previous research on the use of macroeconomic factors for conflict prediction
and using data on political instability provided by the Political Instability Task Force, this …

This intriguing approach to international conflict seeks to facilitate a dialogue between
academics and policymakers on how to better anticipate and prevent state failure …

Die politikwissenschaftliche Forschung zu Staatskollaps, Staatszerfall und fragiler
Staatlichkeit weist deutliche Schwerpunkte und Blindstellen auf. Besonders augenfällig ist …

Strategically located in the horn of Africa, for the past few decades Somalia's place in the
international spotlight has been secured by its complete political and economic failure as a …

Political indicators are widely used in academic writing and decision making, but remain
controversial. This paper discusses the problems related to the aggregation functions they …

This paper presents preliminary results of a comprehensive investigation into the causes of
state collapse. We test major causal hypotheses derived from the literature with a medium-N …

This paper develops a predatory theory approach to understanding state failure. Predatory
theory expects that state revenue extraction is central to the ability of states to engage in any …

When state capacity dissolves, we ordinarily assume that violent conflict will break out, and
then spiral towards a high degree of intensity. However, this is not always the case. Rather …