Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl

 

Dissertation

Dynamics of Civil Wars
 

Chapter 2: “A Theory of External Assistance as a Subsidy to Armed Groups in Civil Wars.”

 

Chapter 3: “Mechanisms of Continuing Conflict: The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990.” Available upon request.

 

Chapter 4: “The Cost of Escalation, Stakes, Foreign Strategic Interests, and the Length of Civil Wars: A Cross-National Test of the Theory of External Assistance as a Subsidy.”

 

Publications

Sambanis, Nicholas, Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl and Moses Shayo. 2012. “Parochialism as a Central Challenge in Counterinsurgency.” Science 336(6083): 805-808.

 

Sambanis, Nicholas and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. 2009. “What’s in a Line? Is Partition a Solution to Civil War?” International Security 34(2): 82-118.    Replication data

 

Schulhofer-Wohl, Jonah and Nicholas Sambanis. 2010. “Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Programs and Civil War Recurrence: An Assessment.” Folke Bernadotte Academy Research Report. Sandöverken, Sweden.

 

Schulhofer-Wohl, Jonah. 2007. “Civil War in Algeria, 1992-Present.” In Karl DeRouen and Uk Heo, eds., Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts since World War II. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

 

Sambanis, Nicholas and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. 2007. “UN and Non-UN Peace Operations.” In Dimitris Bourantonis, Kostas Ifantis and Panayotis Tsakonas, eds., Multilateralism and Security Institutions in the Era of Globalization. London: Routledge.

 

Ongoing Projects

Local-Level Warfare and Conflict Termination

Fighting without Warfare

The Behavior of “On-Side” Groups
 

Commentary

Schulhofer-Wohl, Jonah and Julia Choucair. 2011. “Why Are Uprisings Spreading in the Arab World?” The Huffington Post, February 4.

 

Schulhofer-Wohl, Jonah. 2000. “Should We Privatize the Peacekeeping?” The Washington Post, May 12, p.A47. Subsequently published in the International Herald Tribune.