Subdue the Enemy without Fighting: Understanding How Governments Peacefully Dissolve Insurgents Coalitions

• In Event: Applications of Public Opinion, Elite Behavior, and IR

Brief Overview

This paper explores why insurgents abandon their coalition partners, arguing that governments' peaceful counterinsurgency strategies can lead to coalition defection, challenging conventional views on repression.

Authors

• Annabel Lau Zi Jun, Fudan University

• Ruolin Su, Shanghai Jiao Tong University