Explaining Support for ISIS: Evidence from List Experiments in a National Survey in Iraq

• In Event: Methodological Advances in Conflict Processes Research

Brief Overview

We conduct list experiments in Iraq to gauge attitudes toward ISIS, the government, and the U.S.-led airstrikes. We show how an external intervention complicates the dynamics of civilian support between the insurgency and counterinsurgency.

Authors

• Saurabh Pant, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse

• Christoph Mikulaschek, Harvard University

• Beza Tesfaye, Mercy Corps