| ID | 160488 |
| Title Proper | Are military regimes really belligerent? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kim, Nam Kyu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Does military rule make a state more belligerent internationally? Several studies have recently established that military autocracies are more likely than civilian autocracies to deploy and use military force in pursuit of foreign policy objectives. I argue that military regimes are more likely to resort to military force because they are located in more hostile security environments, and not because they are inherently aggressive. First, I show that rule by military institution is more likely to emerge and exist in states facing external territorial threats. Second, by examining the relationship between military autocracies and conflict initiation, I find that once I control for states’ territorial threats, the statistical association between military regimes and conflict initiation disappears. Additionally, more evidence suggests that civilian dictatorships are more conflict-prone than their military counterparts when I account for unobserved dyad heterogeneity. The results are consistent across different measures of international conflict and authoritarian regimes. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 62, No.6; Jul 2018: p.1151-1178 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol: 62 No 6 |
| Key Words | Political Leadership ; Interstate Conflict ; Domestic Politics ; Militarized Interstate Disputes |