The dataset of Political Agreements in Internal Conflicts (PAIC)

by admin_sw | Aug 30, 2020

Introducing the new dataset of Political Agreements in Internal Conflicts (PAIC) and presenting its first application, my co-authors Giuditta Fontana, Argyro Kartsonaki, Natascha S. Neudorfer, Dawn Walsh, Christalla Yakinthou and I develop an argument in this freely...

Enhancing the Robustness of Causal Claims Based on Case Study Research on Conflict Zones

by admin_sw | Aug 3, 2020

Focusing on process tracing and using the example of fieldwork in Donbas, I develop an argument in this freely accessible article in Nationalities Papers on what theoretically grounded and empirically detailed methodological solutions can be considered to mitigate the...

Territorial self-governance and proportional representation: reducing the risk of territory-centred intrastate violence

by admin_sw | Aug 3, 2020

In this freely accessible article in Territory, Politics, Governance, my colleagues Natascha Neudorfer, Ulrike Theuerkauf, and I argue that the effectiveness of territorial self-governance as a tool of territory-centred conflict management increases when combined with...

Predators and Peace: Explaining the Failure of the Pakistani Conflict Settlement Process in 2013-4

by admin_sw | Jan 12, 2020

In this freely accessible article in Civil Wars, my colleagues Talat Farooq, Scott Lucas, and I ask whether US drone strikes caused the unravelling of the Pakistani conflict settlement process between the government and the TTP in 2013-14. This has been a...

Trade as a confidence-building measure in protracted conflicts: the cases of Georgia and Moldova compared

by admin_sw | Jan 3, 2020

In this freely accessible article in Eurasian Geography and Economics, my colleague Nino Kemoklidze and I investigate the extent to which economic confidence-building measures (CBMs) contribute to conflict settlement. Academic and policy literature on the post-Soviet...