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 … troop surge in 1972 and the proximity to the Republic of Ireland on the two elements of the conflict. …

We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade … ethnic violence depend on the ethnic fractionalization. Fighting has a negative effect on the economic situation in highly …

conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential con.icts (and hence multiple threat points) is … identified. The theory predicts conflict to be more likely when the geographical distribution of natural resources is uneven and …

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is … beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other group. Since conflict disrupts trade, the onset of a conflict signals … after each conflict episode. Third, "accidental" conflicts that do not reflect economic fundamentals can lead to a permanent …