Excited to share my new article, Rebel group mergers: security imperatives and the autonomy dilemma, in the Journal of Peace Research. Here, I ask why rebel groups choose to merge and how they balance security benefits against the risk of losing autonomy. academic.oup.com/jpr/article-...
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Rebel group mergers: security imperatives and the autonomy dilemma
Abstract. Existing research suggests that rebel group mergers typically force at least one side to abandon its group identity and come under the control of
