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

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

Why do some civil wars end in successfully implemented peace settlements while others are fought to the finish? Numerous competing theories address this questio

Attempts to resolve why self-determination disputes between governments and ethnic minorities so often result in civil war.

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where new wars ar