Civil Wars

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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Visual evidence of significant structural destruction in town in the Konso Zone captured.

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What We Don't See: Uncovering Intercommunal Violence Through Remote Sensing

January 2025 by Mikael Naghizadeh

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How Do the Events in Syria Affect Russia?

Dec. 11, 2024 by Natia Gamkrelidze and Neil MacFarlane
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Foreign Intervention and Internal Displacement: Urban Politics in Postwar Beirut

Winter 2023/24 by Amanda Rizkallah
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Reining in Rebellion: The Decline of Political Violence in South America, 1830–1929

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

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What We Don't See: Uncovering Intercommunal Violence Through Remote Sensing

January 2025 by Mikael Naghizadeh

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from Political Geography

How Do the Events in Syria Affect Russia?

Dec. 11, 2024 by Natia Gamkrelidze and Neil MacFarlane

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

Russian warships sail during the Ocean-2024 strategic command and staff exercises

Foreign Intervention and Internal Displacement: Urban Politics in Postwar Beirut

Winter 2023/24 by Amanda Rizkallah

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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 Raúl L. Madrid 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 Christopher Darnton and Rachel Tecott Metz

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from International Security

An Uyghur Chieftain in China's Civil War

January 2024 by Anatol Klass

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from History Today

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

Spring 2023 by Ada Ezeokoli

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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 Tobias Ide

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from International Security