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dc.contributor.authorChu, Tiffany S.
dc.contributor.authorBraithwaite, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-02T18:44:58Z
dc.date.available2018-04-02T18:44:58Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifier.citationThe impact of foreign fighters on civil conflict outcomes 2017, 4 (3):205316801772205 Research & Politicsen
dc.identifier.issn2053-1680
dc.identifier.issn2053-1680
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2053168017722059
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/627196
dc.description.abstractThere has been a great deal of discussion about the large volumes of foreign fighters involved in civil conflicts in Syria and Iraq over recent years. Yet, there remains little systematic evidence about the effect, if any, that foreign fighters have upon the conflicts they join. Existing literature distinguishes between the resources fighters bring to rebel groups and the liability they represent in regards to campaign cohesion. We seek to establish preliminary evidence as to whether or not foreign fighters contribute to the success of the campaigns they join. Our multinomial logistic and competing risks regression analyses of civil conflicts between 1946 and 2013 suggest that foreign fighters are associated with a decreased likelihood of government victory. Furthermore, we offer partial evidence to suggest that foreign fighters from non-contiguous countries are more likely to help rebels achieve a negotiated settlement or to continue their struggle against the government, but not to directly help them achieve victory.
dc.description.sponsorshipCarnegie Corporation of New Yorken
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INCen
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168017722059en
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCivil conflicten
dc.subjectforeign fightersen
dc.subjectconflict outcomesen
dc.titleThe impact of foreign fighters on civil conflict outcomesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Sch Govt & Publ Policyen
dc.identifier.journalResearch & Politicsen
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dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA
refterms.dateFOA2018-09-12T07:11:30Z
html.description.abstractThere has been a great deal of discussion about the large volumes of foreign fighters involved in civil conflicts in Syria and Iraq over recent years. Yet, there remains little systematic evidence about the effect, if any, that foreign fighters have upon the conflicts they join. Existing literature distinguishes between the resources fighters bring to rebel groups and the liability they represent in regards to campaign cohesion. We seek to establish preliminary evidence as to whether or not foreign fighters contribute to the success of the campaigns they join. Our multinomial logistic and competing risks regression analyses of civil conflicts between 1946 and 2013 suggest that foreign fighters are associated with a decreased likelihood of government victory. Furthermore, we offer partial evidence to suggest that foreign fighters from non-contiguous countries are more likely to help rebels achieve a negotiated settlement or to continue their struggle against the government, but not to directly help them achieve victory.


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