Board #24 - Cutting the Head from the Snake: Leadership Decapitation and its Efficiency Against Rebel Groups

• In Event: 74-305 - Poster Session: Conflict Behavior, Rebellion and Counterterrorism

Brief Overview

Political decapitation refers to the removal of a political leader, oftentimes the removal of a non-state actor leader. Our paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of political decapitation in the context of rebel groups.

Authors

• Kennedy Ushiroda, Centre College

• Iris Branstetter, Centre College