| ID | 172194 |
| Title Proper | Pro-regime militias and civil war duration |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Aliyev, Huseyn |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Research on civil war duration has tended to focus almost exclusively on governments and rebels as actors accounting for the longevity of armed conflicts. The impact of extra-dyad actors has thus far been absent from the analysis of factors contributing to civil war duration. This study contributes to both research on civil war duration and multi-actor models of intrastate conflicts by extending the analysis beyond the government-rebel dichotomy. With the focus on pro-regime militias, this article investigates whether the deployment of extra-dyad actors increases the duration of civil wars.
Survival analysis models conducted on the sample of 250 civil war episodes between 1991 and 2015 reveal that participation of pro-regime militias in intrastate warfare has consistent association with the incidence of longer civil wars. |
| `In' analytical Note | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol. 32, No.1-4; Jan-Jun 2020: p.630-650 |
| Journal Source | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol: 32 No 1-4 |
| Key Words | Armed Conflict ; Conflict Duration ; Civil War ; Pro - Regime Militias |