The internal brakes on violent escalation: a typology
Journal abstract Most groups do less violence than they are capable of. Yet while there is now an extensive literature on the escalation of or radicalisation towards violence, particularly by[…]
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Organizational Dynamics, Public Condemnation and The Impetus to Disengage from Violence
Journal abstract This article examines under what conditions armed Islamist groups intentionally demilitarize and de-legitimize violence, and under what conditions they deprioritize violence temporarily. The central argument is that the[…]
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Nationalist protests, government responses, and the risk of escalation in interstate disputes
Journal abstract While the existing literature emphasizes that elites often have incentives to pander to nationalist sentiment, much less attention has been paid to elite efforts to subdue popular nationalism,[…]
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