Few issues in international politics have dominated public debates, both in domestic and
international arenas, as much as refugee movements across borders in recent years. By the …

The brutal wars in Iraq, Syria and now Ukraine have caused a massive influx of refugees to
Europe. Turkey alone has received more than 4.8 million refugees. An important …

A large literature suggests that the presence of refugees is associated with greater risk of
conflict. We argue that the positive effects of hosting refugees on local conditions have been …

How do populations facing external aggression view the costs and benefits of self‐defense?
In Western countries, war support has been shown to follow cost–benefit calculations …

Civil conflicts typically end with negotiated settlements, but many settlements fail, often
during the implementation stage when average citizens have increasing influence. Citizens …

How does political violence affect popular support for peace? We answer this question by
examining Colombia, where in 2016 the people narrowly and unexpectedly voted against a …

ABstrAct Concentrations of Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, Fe, Co, ni, Cu, Zn, Mo and as were determined in
soils and leaves of plants from refuse dumpsites and background soils in two cities, a …

Citizen engagement in and support for peace processes have been deemed important for
sustainable peace after civil wars. Yet much of what we know about peace processes in civil …

Armed groups seeking to govern territory require the cooperation of many civilians, who are
widely perceived as enemy collaborators after conflict ends. The empirical literature on …

This paper contributes to the study of the effects of war on societies and states. Tilly's famous
dictum about the close link between war-making and state-making refers to the effects of war …