Why is there so much conflict in the middle east?

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-165

  Sørli, Mirjam E ^a   Gleditsch, Nils Petter ^b,c   Strand, Håvard ^d  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b PRIO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civil war; Collier Hoeffler model; Conflict; Middle East

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944300211     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002704270824     Document Type: Review

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