Unholy alignment and boomerang civil conflicts: Examining how conflicts beget conflicts through external states support for rebels

• Published in: Small wars & insurgencies Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 51 - 79
• Main Author: Ameyaw-Brobbey, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 02.01.2024
• Subjects: civil war and conflict; insurgency and counterinsurgency; rebel sponsorship; state-rebel cooperation; sub-Saharan Africa; Sudan and Chad; unholy alignment; weak states

This paper focuses on external state support for rebel movements by developing an analytical tool to explain how external support for rebels leads to civil conflict onset and intensification in the target state and how conflict reverses to the sponsoring state, engendering conflict diffusion and con...