The Effect of Genocide on Alliance Formation and Termination

• In Event: Responses to Crises: Humanitarian, Cultural, and Peripheral

Brief Overview

How does the perpetration of genocide affect a state’s ability to both gain and keep military allies? We assess the impact of a state engaging in genocide on the likelihood of alliance formation and termination of existing alliances in a dyad-year.

Authors

• Nick Coulombe, San Jacinto Community College

• John Michael Patterson, San Jacinto Community College