Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents

Abstract. In explaining whether protest repression incites or suppresses mobilization, research on the repression–dissent nexus has underlined the importan

Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 There’s been a lot of talk recently about using AI tools in quantitative social science, with some fol...

Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents

Ulaş Erdoğdu discusses the key points from his new Review of International Studies article.

Abstract. In this paper, by studying the fragmentation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2004, I identify two distinct pathways to rebel fragmentati

Abstract. In this paper, by studying the fragmentation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2004, I identify two distinct pathways to rebel fragmentati