• DOI:10.1162/isec.21.2.108
Corpus ID: 57559698

Spiraling to Ethnic War: Elites, Masses, and Moscow in Moldova's Civil War

@article{Kaufman1996SpiralingTE,
  title={Spiraling to Ethnic War: Elites, Masses, and Moscow in Moldova's Civil War},
  author={S. Kaufman},
  journal={International Security},
  year={1996},
  volume={21},
  pages={108-138}
}

S. Kaufman

Published 1996

Political Science

International Security

I T h e continuing spread of ethnic violence seems set to replace the spread of communism as the central security concern in western capitals. Ethnic wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Chechnya, and elsewhere frequently dominate the attention of policymakers and publics worldwide, and when top American officials say that ”instability” is the major worldwide threat to American national security, ethnic wars are largely what they have in mind. The impression created by such rhetoric is that ethnic war can… CONTINUE READING

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