The 2013 debate over whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict raised important questions regarding the benefits countries receive when
Since the end of the Cold War, a series of costly civil wars, many of them ethnic conflicts, have dominated the international security agenda. This volume offer
This book identifies the conditions under which foreign countries intervene in civil wars, contending that we should consider four dimensions of civil war inter
National leaders often worry that civil wars might spread, but also seem to have little grasp on which civil wars will in fact draw in other states. An ability
Civil wars are among the most difficult problems in world politics. While mediation, intervention, and peacekeeping have produced some positive results in helpi