The post-cold war era has seen an unmistakable trend toward the proliferation of violent non-
state groups-variously labeled terrorists, rebels, paramilitaries, gangs, and criminals-near …

How do conciliatory and coercive counterinsurgency tactics affect militant group violence
against civilians? Scholars of civil war increasingly seek to understand intentional civilian …

When rebels make alliances, what informs their choice of allies? Civil wars are rarely simple
contests between rebels and incumbent regimes. Rather, rival militant networks provide the …

We introduce a new dataset measuring if and how rebel groups earn income from the
exploitation of natural resources or criminal activities. The Rebel Contraband Dataset makes …

To what extent does sexual violence influence rebel group fragmentation? A substantial
body of research explores wartime rape as a cohesion-building mechanism following forced …

How does the presence of multiple combatants affect rebel groups' ideological and demand
positioning? Although violent forms of inter-group conflict have been widely studied in the …

Why do some rebel groups forcibly recruit children while others largely refrain from using
this strategy? We argue that it depends, in part, on their ability to profit from natural …

Civil conflicts are complex: multiple warring parties compete for control of territory both
against each other and the government. These processes are often dynamic, changing over …

While some militant groups consistently target civilians, others only resort to violence in
specific locations and points in time. Existing research typically treats civilian targeting as a …

Existing research shows that peace after civil wars is more stable with peacekeepers
present. Yet, violence persists in many postwar contexts, and although postwar violence is …