The Genetics of Conflict: Low Level Interaction between Conflict Events

25 Pages Posted: 26 Feb 2011

Date Written: February 22, 2011

Abstract

Conflict observations are not independent of each other, therefore studies are often statistically weak or simply invalid. With military dataset from Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, I analysis the interaction between events utilizing the dependence as an advantage. For Viet Cong & Taliban activity, I find that the local interaction between events is the essential factor. On that basis I conclude that in conventional insurgencies, attacks are mainly coordinated at a local level.

Keywords: Vietnam, VietCong, AQI, Iraq, Taliban, Bayesian, Spatial, Afghanistan

Suggested Citation

Kongsgård, Håvard Wahl, The Genetics of Conflict: Low Level Interaction between Conflict Events (February 22, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1768198 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1768198

Håvard Wahl Kongsgård (Contact Author)

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