Bandwagoning and Balancing in Civil War

• In Event: Rebel Group Strategies

Brief Overview

We study the impact of WMD and big bomb use on rebel cooperation and infighting during the Syrian Civil War using a novel data set of militant group attack claims and events of state violence.

Authors

• Bree Bang-Jensen, University of Washington

• Patrick Pierson, Emory University

• Emily Kalah Gade, University of Washington-Seattle Campus