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Seminar

Bankruptcy, Guns, or Campaigns: Explaining Armed Organizations' Post-War Trajectories

Open to the Public

What happens to armed organizations after they sign peace accords? Why do they dissolve, return to war, or form non-violent political parties? This seminar addresses and seeks to explain this empirical variation in former armed groups' trajectories, using extensive micro-level data on the Colombian paramilitaries.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
Demobilized rebels wait in line as they surrend their weapons at a military base in Tumaco, Colombia, Apr. 3, 2009. Some 11 rebels of the National Liberation Army, ELN, Colombia's second largest rebel group, surrendered to the army.

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What happens to armed organizations after they sign peace accords? Why do they dissolve, return to war, or form non-violent political parties? This seminar addresses and seeks to explain this empirical variation in former armed groups' trajectories, using extensive micro-level data on the Colombian paramilitaries. In so doing, it seeks to contribute an organizational-level study of peace-building. The trajectories explored in this seminar fundamentally shape prospects for peace, state-building, and democratization, influence post-war patterns of human rights abuses, and impact the legalization of war economies.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.