In a canonical model of military conflict, victory and defeat depend stochastically on the difference of resources … deployed by the conflict parties. The present paper offers a comprehensive analysis of that model. The unique Nash equilibrium … reflects either (i) peace, (ii) submission, (iii) insurgency, or (iv) war. Intuitive predictions regarding possible transitions …

The conflict in Northern Ireland was an example of "complex warfare" with both insurgency and sectarian violence. We … present a unified model that helps to identify these two forms of conflict from the spatial distribution of violence. The … model predicts that tectonic boundaries between residential areas of opposed groups drive sectarian violence. Violence …

Any academic discussion centered on a particular conflict is incomplete without first attempting to garner a better …, political, and social resources.” A combination of the two is understood to fuel what is referred to as a “deep-rooted conflict …