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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's Study of Global Politics series welcom
es Brett Ashley Leeds from Rice University. Leeds will present “A Separate
Peace? Withdrawal Bargains and Civil War Intervention\,” co-written by Je
sse C. Johnson (University of Texas - Austin)\, Scott Wolford (University
of Texas) and Conner Joyce (Rice University).Paper Abstract: Civil wars be
come international conflicts when outside states provide support to rebel
groups. \; Sometimes\, external intervention is driven by affinity for
the rebel group and a desire to achieve the rebel group’s goals. \; S
ometimes\, however\, external intervention is driven by tensions on other
issues\, for example\, international rivalry\, territorial disputes\, or r
egional leadership. We develop a game-theoretic model to understand the co
nditions under which a government may break a rebel-external state coaliti
on through bargaining on an international issue. We provide evidence of th
e empirical relevance of our theory through statistical analysis of civil
conflicts\, along with an examination of early Libyan intervention in the
Chadian civil war. Our argument provides new insight on the connections be
tween domestic and international conflict and the outcomes of internationa
lized civil wars.Brett Ashley Leeds is Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Polit
ical Science at Rice University. She is currently co-editor-in-chief of In
ternational Organization. Leeds’s research focuses on the design and effec
ts of international agreements (particularly military alliances)\, and als
o on connections between domestic politics and foreign policy. \;She i
s the co-author of Domestic Interests\, Democracy\, and Foreign Policy Cha
nge (with Michaela Mattes\, Cambridge Elements in International Relations
series\, 2022). \; In 2008\, Leeds received the Karl Deutsch Award fro
m the International Studies Association\, which is presented annually to a
scholar in international relations within ten years of Ph.D. who is judge
d to have made the most significant contribution to the study of Internati
onal Relations and Peace Research. In 2019\, Leeds won the Lifetime Achiev
ement Award from the Conflict Processes Section of APSA in recognition of
scholarly contributions that have fundamentally improved the study of conf
lict processes. She served as president of the International Studies Assoc
iation during 2017-18\, president of the Peace Science Society during 2018
-19\, and as chair of the Rice University Department of Political Science
from 2015-2025.
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SUMMARY:Ashley Leeds: A Separate Peace? Withdrawal Bargains and Civil War I
ntervention
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Moynihan Institute's Study of Global Po
litics series welcomes Brett Ashley Leeds from Rice University. Leeds will
present “A Separate Peace? Withdrawal Bargains and Civil War Intervention
\,” co-written by Jesse C. Johnson (University of Texas - Austin)\, Scott
Wolford (University of Texas) and Conner Joyce (Rice University).
Pa
per Abstract: Civil wars become international conflicts when outside state
s provide support to rebel groups. \; Sometimes\, external interventio
n is driven by affinity for the rebel group and a desire to achieve the re
bel group’s goals. \; Sometimes\, however\, external intervention is d
riven by tensions on other issues\, for example\, international rivalry\,
territorial disputes\, or regional leadership. We develop a game-theoretic
model to understand the conditions under which a government may break a r
ebel-external state coalition through bargaining on an international issue
. We provide evidence of the empirical relevance of our theory through sta
tistical analysis of civil conflicts\, along with an examination of early
Libyan intervention in the Chadian civil war. Our argument provides new in
sight on the connections between domestic and international conflict and t
he outcomes of internationalized civil wars.
Brett Ashley Leeds
is Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Political Science at Rice University
. She is currently co-editor-in-chief of International Organization. Leeds’s research focuses on the design and effects of international ag
reements (particularly military alliances)\, and also on connections betwe
en domestic politics and foreign policy. \;She is the co-author o
f Domestic Interests\, Democracy\, and Foreign Policy Change (with Michaela Mattes\, Cambridge Elements in International Relatio
ns series\, 2022). \;
In 2008\, Leeds received the
Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association\, which is p
resented annually to a scholar in international relations within ten years
of Ph.D. who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to
the study of International Relations and Peace Research. In 2019\, Leeds w
on the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conflict Processes Section of A
PSA in recognition of scholarly contributions that have fundamentally impr
oved the study of conflict processes.
She served as pre
sident of the International Studies Association during 2017-18\, president
of the Peace Science Society during 2018-19\, and as chair of the Rice Un
iversity Department of Political Science from 2015-2025.
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