Keywords
Civil war, civil wars, bargaining, intervention, diplomatic intervention, third party intervention, mediation, civil war violence, conflict resolution, conflict management, decision theory
Abstract
Research has begun to focus on the role third-party diplomatic intervention plays in the length of civil conflicts. Diplomatic interventions by a third-party actor are assumed to help resolve or alleviate violence over time. Is this really the case? Hypotheses relating to these aspects of civil wars are proposed to test this long-standing assumption. This thesis uses statistical analysis to observe the relationship between diplomatic interventions and civil war duration and then observe the relationship between duration and civil war violence. The data incorporates approximately 150 civil wars from 1945 to 1999, 101 of which had outside interventions. This thesis finds that, contrary to ex ante expectations, diplomatic interventions are a significant contributing factor to civil war length. Furthermore, longer civil wars are not associated with more civil war intensity in the aggregate, suggesting that longer civil wars do not mean more violent or intense ones.
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Graduation Date
2015
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Handberg, Roger
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Political Science
Degree Program
Political Science; International Studies
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005578
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005578
Language
English
Release Date
May 2015
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Benchimol, Matthew, "Reconciling Ex Ante Expectations with the Ex Post Reality: A Look at the Effectiveness of Third-Party Diplomatic Interventions in Civil Wars" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 55.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/55