Supporting Rebels, Inviting Conflict: Regime Type and the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes: A Democratic Peace Theory

• In Event: Rebel Groups and Militias

Brief Overview

This study examines how regime types in a dyad (democratic, autocratic, mixed) influence states’ decisions to sponsor rebels and how such sponsorship can escalate into militarized interstate disputes (MIDs).

Author

• François Wendpagnangde Kabre, Auburn University