The impact of foreign fighters on civil conflict outcomes
dc.contributor.author | Chu, Tiffany S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Braithwaite, Alex | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-02T18:44:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-02T18:44:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The impact of foreign fighters on civil conflict outcomes 2017, 4 (3):205316801772205 Research & Politics | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2053-1680 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2053-1680 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/2053168017722059 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627196 | |
dc.description.abstract | There 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.sponsorship | Carnegie Corporation of New York | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | en |
dc.relation.url | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168017722059 | en |
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.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Civil conflict | en |
dc.subject | foreign fighters | en |
dc.subject | conflict outcomes | en |
dc.title | The impact of foreign fighters on civil conflict outcomes | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Univ Arizona, Sch Govt & Publ Policy | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Research & Politics | en |
dc.description.note | Open access journal. | en |
dc.description.collectioninformation | This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. | en |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-09-12T07:11:30Z | |
html.description.abstract | There 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. |