Going it Alone: Patterns of Splintering in Militant Campaigns, 1970-2012

• In Event: Dynamics of Rebel Groups

Brief Overview

When and why do armed groups splinter? We argue that the characteristics of different counterinsurgency environments make some wars more likely to see splintering than others. We test this theory with an original dataset of 1,202 armed groups.

Authors

• Kaitlyn Robinson, Stanford University

• Iris Elizabeth Malone, George Washington University