External Interventions and Civil War Intensity in South-Central Somalia (1991-2010)

External interventions in conflicts are prescribed to be peace-promoting mechanisms, but their effects seldom de-escalate conflict intensity. Based on the balance of capabilities theory, this paper tests the effects that the type of intervention, military or diplomatic, and the target of the interve...

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Main Author: Ricardo Real Pedrosa de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2014-11-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/1678