Roundtable: “The Past and Future of Civil War: Coding, Cycles, and the End of Peacebuilding?”

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

This roundtable will explore where we are—and where we are headed—with respect to global civil war. The panel will consider whether the current proliferation reflects a genuine empirical trend or a change in how we define, and record conflict itself.

Section

• 31. Politics of Developing Countries

Chair

• Jason Quinn, University of Notre Dame

Participants

• Paul Staniland, University of Chicago

• Paul Poast, University of Chicago

• Lamin Keita, University of Notre Dame