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Neo-Imperialism And The Chinese Diaspora In Ghana, Henry A. Gould
Neo-Imperialism And The Chinese Diaspora In Ghana, Henry A. Gould
CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal
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Toward Successful Coin: Shining Path's Decline, Darren Colby
Toward Successful Coin: Shining Path's Decline, Darren Colby
Independent Student Projects and Publications
The rapid decline of the Peruvian left-wing insurgent organization Sendero Luminoso was not only the result of the arrest of its leader. An analysis of the precipitous weakening of the organization using two social movement theories finds other factors were involved in the demise of the organization as well. These factors—participatory politics, support for the military among the rural population, and alienation of the population by Sendero Luminoso—provide insights to effective counterinsurgency tactics.
Chaos From Order: A Network Analysis Of In-Fighting Before And After El Chapo's Arrest, Darren Colby
Chaos From Order: A Network Analysis Of In-Fighting Before And After El Chapo's Arrest, Darren Colby
Independent Student Projects and Publications
The effect of leadership decapitation—the capture or killing of the leader of an armed group—on future violence has been studied with competing conclusions. In Mexico, leadership decapitation has been found to increase violence and in-fighting among drug cartels. However, the causal pathways between leadership decapitation and in-fighting are unclear. In this article, it is hypothesized that leadership decapitation will weaken alliances between armed actors, lead to greater preferential attachment in networks of cartels and militias, and result in greater transitive closure as cartels seek to expand their power. These hypotheses are tested with a stochastic actor oriented model on a …