The Duration and Termination of Civil War

An important key to reducing the suffering due to civil war is to shorten conflicts. The marked decrease in the incidence of conflicts in the 1990s was mostly due to a high number of conflict terminations, not to a decrease in the number of new wars. The articles in this special issue treat theoreti...

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Published in:Journal of peace research 2004-05, Vol.41 (3), p.243-252
Main Author: Hegre, Håvard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Armies
Civil War
Civil wars
Commitment
Commodities
Conflict
Conflict resolution
Counterinsurgency
Democratic Republic of Congo
Determinants
Explanation
Financial Support
Financing methods
Insurgency
Interethnic relations
International relations
Military
Military history
Misperception
Motivation
Natural resources
Peacetime
Political conflict
Political Economy
Political elites
Quality of life
Rebellion
Rebellions
Rebels
State Power
Third-party intervention
Time
United Nations
War
War conflict
Warfare
World Bank
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Summary:An important key to reducing the suffering due to civil war is to shorten conflicts. The marked decrease in the incidence of conflicts in the 1990s was mostly due to a high number of conflict terminations, not to a decrease in the number of new wars. The articles in this special issue treat theoretically and empirically the determinants of civil war onset, duration, and termination, with particular emphasis on duration and termination. This introduction gives an overview of the articles in the special issue and discusses a few central topics covered by the different contributions: rebel group motivations, the importance of financing, military factors, misperception, and commitment problems. Finally, the article sums up some policy recommendations that may be derived from the articles in the issue.
ISSN:0022-3433
1460-3578
DOI:10.1177/0022343304043768