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Mutual interventions in Africa
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dc.contributor.author | Duursma, Allard | |
dc.contributor.author | Tamm, Henning | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-25T00:40:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-25T00:40:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Duursma , A & Tamm , H 2021 , ' Mutual interventions in Africa ' , International Studies Quarterly , vol. 65 , no. 4 , sqab023 , pp. 1077–1086 . https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqab023 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0020-8833 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 272882280 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 47d38f5b-77bf-435f-806f-c6684f52a22e | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-0051-5632/work/92020164 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000753453600017 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85142878022 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/27267 | |
dc.description.abstract | Global datasets on interstate armed conflict suggest that African states clash with each other rarely and only for short periods. This research note shows that existing datasets paint a misleading picture. In fact, African states fight each other more often and for longer than is commonly thought, but they do so by mutually intervening in each other’s intrastate conflicts. Instead of relying solely on their own armed forces, they support their rival’s armed opposition groups. Such mutual interventions—most prevalent in Africa but also evident in other regions—thus span the boundaries of interstate and intrastate conflict. As a result, they have been largely overlooked by conflict scholars. Our note conceptualizes mutual intervention as a distinct form of interstate conflict, comparing and contrasting it with concepts like proxy war, competitive intervention, and international rivalry. The note then presents the first systematic survey of mutual interventions across the African continent. We identify twenty-three cases between 1960 and 2010 and demonstrate that they typically ended independently of their associated intrastate conflicts. We conclude with a research agenda that involves studying the onset, duration, termination, and consequences of mutual interventions, including collecting data on mutual interventions outside Africa to explore cross-regional differences. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Studies Quarterly | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Author(s) (2021). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqab023 | en |
dc.subject | JZ International relations | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject | NCAD | en |
dc.subject.lcc | JZ | en |
dc.title | Mutual interventions in Africa | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of International Relations | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqab023 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2023-03-25 |
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