Armed Conflict Beyond Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Comparative Evidence from Latin America and South Asia
Abstract
Our project is a 3-year program of basic research, bringing a rigorous, empirically intensive, cross-regional perspective to these questions. The project has two components: first, we will conduct field and archival research on a wide range of armed groups in Latin America and South Asia, producing a series of narrative case studies of over two hundred groups. Second, we will use the accumulated qualitative material to produce quantitative datasets of armed groups key characteristics and their interactions with states. This mix of evidence will allow us to systematically categorize, compare, and develop predictive theories of how different types of armed groups react to and interact with states. Both our qualitative and quantitative data will go beyond extant datasets that focus on conflict as a dichotomous variable by measuring a much broader and richer range of armed-group relationships to states. As these novel armed groups propagate, often below the radar of policy analysts focused on todays immediate crises, our project will provide a scientific basis for defense analysts to address new threats that decision-makers are likely to face in the years to come.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 12, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1200999
Entities
People
- Paul Staniland
Organizations
- University of Chicago