In the article , the Economist presents a nuanced history of how civil wars are initiated, sustained and brought to an end.
The Economist draws on the latest data, and presents a statistically based overview of armed conflict since World War II to the present, with state-of-the-art graphics. The article cites , the Director of ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ's Centre for the Study of Civil War (2003-12). Gates and others in ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ’s research milieu provided much of the background for the article, which also cites other ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ associates, including and , and it applies . The article is a must read for anybody interested in the dynamics of war and peace.
The article is available online:
The UCDP/ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ dataset is also mentioned in another article in the same issue, titled .
