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We analyze the root causes, dynamics, and impacts of civil wars, using research and historical precedent to devise effective strategies for prevention, mediation, and post-conflict reconstruction.

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Hezbollah supporters distribute sweets to passersby, as they celebrate the fall of the Syrian town of Qusair to forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah fighters, in Bazzalieh village, Lebanon, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, Wednesday, June 5, 2013.

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Foreign Intervention and Internal Displacement: Urban Politics in Postwar Beirut

Winter 2023/24 by Rizkallah, Amanda

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Reining in Rebellion: The Decline of Political Violence in South America, 1830–1929

Winter 2023/24 by Madrid, Raúl L. and Luis L. Schenoni
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Correspondence: Debating U.S. Security Assistance

Winter 2023/24 by Darnton, Christopher and Rachel Tecott Metz
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China's Civil War

January 2024 by Klass, Anatol

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Foreign Intervention and Internal Displacement: Urban Politics in Postwar Beirut

Winter 2023/24 by Rizkallah, Amanda

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from International Security

Hezbollah supporters distribute sweets to passersby, as they celebrate the fall of the Syrian town of Qusair to forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah fighters, in Bazzalieh village, Lebanon, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, Wednesday, June 5, 2013.

Reining in Rebellion: The Decline of Political Violence in South America, 1830–1929

Winter 2023/24 by Madrid, Raúl L. and Luis L. Schenoni

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from International Security

Bolivian soldiers, dressed in costumes to look like Chilean soldiers, walk during the reenactment of the battle of "Canchas Blancas," which took place in 1879 during the Pacific War that Bolivia lost to Chile. Wednesday, March 28, 2018.

Correspondence: Debating U.S. Security Assistance

Winter 2023/24 by Darnton, Christopher and Rachel Tecott Metz

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from International Security

An Uyghur Chieftain in China's Civil War

January 2024 by Klass, Anatol

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from History Today

Mausoleum of Yolbars Khan

Belfer Center Fellow Peter Ajak Navigates Challenges from Lost Boy to South Sudanese Activist

Spring 2023 by Ezeokoli, Ada

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Peter Ajak speaking to a small group outside.

Rise or Recede? How Climate Disasters Affect Armed Conflict Intensity

Spring 2023 by Ide, Tobias

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from International Security

Women who have been internally displaced selling charcoal on a market in Al Fashir, capital of the Sudanese state of North Dafur, February 18, 2015.

Dealers and Brokers in Civil Wars: Why States Delegate Rebel Support to Conduit Countries

Spring 2023 by Karlén, Niklas and Vladimir Rauta

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from International Security

An old man walks past a gutted car in downtown Kabul, Thursday, June 25, 1992.

Guest Editors' Introduction: Nonviolent Resistance and Its Discontents

2023 by Chenoweth, Erica and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham

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from Journal of Peace Research

Protesters wave pride flags