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Four Reasons Why Interstate Conflict Scholars Don’t Read Intrastate Work and Why They are Wrong, Part 1

Posted Friday, 31 Jan 2014 by Christian Davenport & Scott Gates

Misconception #1 – “Intrastate Conflict Is Just Not as Important as Interstate Conflict”

Misconception #2 – “Intrastate Conflict Has No Relevance to Interstate Conflict”

Read more at Political Violence @ a Glance, published on January 21, 2014

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