Fragmentation of armed opposition movements through the rise of new rebel groups
constitutes a significant challenge to conflict termination and peacebuilding. Yet, the …

Why do rebel organizations splinter into competing factions during civil war? To explain this
outcome, I leverage variation in rebel leadership. I argue that rebel leaders draw on their pre …

Armed groups are prone to instability and fragmentation, but what explains variation among
the new groups that emerge? I argue that the internal politics preceding organizational splits …

Recent literature has described a rise in the activity of right-wing extremists in the United
States. Several studies have examined this phenomenon in relation to the actions of …

Purpose From Al-Qaeda to the IRA, almost all terrorist organisations have experienced splits
in some shape or form. This can spell the dawn of violent spoiler groups, but it may equally …

The probability of militant group splintering is a relatively rare phenomenon that
exponentially increases with the introduction of a peace process and associated …

Common beliefs posit that rebel fragmentation and the emergence of splinter groups are
often associated with intra-rebel violence. However, empirical evidence suggests that it is …

In this project, I define disintegration as the loss of personnel experienced by an insurgent
group. Existing scholarly literature has tended to equate disintegration with splintering or …

There is a need to better understand social embedding processes and network influences
on community behaviors, particularly with regard to newer rural development strategies such …

When do recruitment windfalls strengthen organizations while threatening their leader's
perception of success? This paper introduces a theory of grassroots-driven organizational …