The Perils of Peace: Civil War Peace Agreements and Military Coups
@article{White2020ThePO, title={The Perils of Peace: Civil War Peace Agreements and Military Coups}, author={P. White}, journal={The Journal of Politics}, year={2020}, volume={82}, pages={104 - 118} }
How do militaries respond to peace after civil war? The literature gives us a good understanding of how peace agreements affect the chances of civil war recurrence. However, it misses another aspect of postwar conflict: military coups. I argue that civil war peace agreements increase the risk of a coup, as the military anticipates threats to its interests. Military integration provisions pose a particularly strong challenge. These provisions may entail the dissolution and reconstitution of the… CONTINUE READING
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