...Brenton Kenkel Empirical scholarship identifies social cleavag es as a predictor of slower economic growth, greater civil conflict, and other socioeconomic ills. Meanwhile, accounts of divide-and-rule politics claim that predatory rulers may benefit politically from exploiting internal schisms...

... Wolton, and David Yanagizawa-Drott. © 2021 C. Zhou 2021 C. Zhou Licensed re-use rights only Formal modelling political economy civil conflict comparative political economy game theory autocracy comparative politics When Japan occupied Taiwan in 1895, to control local residents...

... theory international relations international security war civil conflict Why would a government continue a so-far unsuccessful war against a weaker opponent instead of negotiating? We present a model that can explain long wars arising from asymmetric information, even in the absence...

... uncertainty civil conflict international conflict Compared to other types of political violence producers, terrorists have considerable autonomy over day-to-day operations (Shapiro, 2013 ; Shapiro and Siegel, 2007) . For individuals selected to commit attacks, frequent communication with other agent’s...