Keywords:
civil war, ethnic conflict, secession, partition, armed conflict, social tolerance, conflict management, third party conflict management, UN peacekeeping, civil war prevention, dehumanization, intolerance, consent
Related Book
Tir, Jaroslav and Johannes Karreth. 2018. Incentivizing Peace: How International Organizations Can Help Prevent Civil Wars in Member Countries. Oxford University Press.
See the related Political Violence @ a Glance and OUPblog posts.
Related Articles
Tir, Jaroslav, Shane P. Singh, and Xiaojun Li. 2025. "Support for the Use of Military Force to Prevent Secession: The Case of Scottish Independence." Forthcoming in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.
Karreth, Johannes, Jaroslav Tir, Jason Quinn, and Madhav Joshi. 2025. "Civil War Mediation in the Shadow of IGOs: The Path to Comprehensive Peace Agreements." Journal of Peace Research. 62(2): 433-447.
Singh, Shane P. and Jaroslav Tir. 2024. "Less Human Than Human: Threat, Language, and Relative Dehumanization." British Journal of Political Science 54(3): 612-628.
A University of Colorado feature on the article.
Karreth, Johannes, Timothy Passmore, and Jaroslav Tir. 2024. "The Role of Foreign Aid in Procuring Civil War Party Consent to Peacekeeping," Foreign Policy Analysis 20(2).
Karreth, Johannes, Jason Quinn, Madhav Joshi, and Jaroslav Tir. 2023. “International Third Parties and the Implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreements After Civil War.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 67(2-3) 494–521
Tir, Jaroslav and Shane P. Singh. 2015. “Get off My Lawn: Territorial Civil Wars and Subsequent Social Intolerance in the Public.” Journal of Peace Research 52(4): 478-491.
Linke, Andrew M., J. Terrence McCabe, John O’Loughlin, Jaroslav Tir, and Frank Witmer. 2015. “Rainfall Variability and Violence in Rural Kenya: Investigating the Effects of Drought and the Role of Local Institutions with Survey Data.” Global Environmental Change 34: 35-47.
Stojek, Szymon and Jaroslav Tir. 2015. “The Supply Side of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Trade Ties and Locations of UN Led Deployments.” European Journal of International Relations 21(2): 352-376.
Karreth, Johannes and Jaroslav Tir. 2013. “International Institutions and Civil War Prevention.” Journal of Politics 75(1): 96-109.
Tir, Jaroslav and John A. Vasquez. 2012. “Territory and Geography.” In Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes, S.M. Mitchell, P.F. Diehl, and J.D. Morrow, eds. Wiley-Blackwell, 115-134.
Earlier versions published as:
Tir Jaroslav and John A. Vasquez. 2010. “Geography and Territory” In The International Studies Encyclopedia (ISE), Robert A. Denemark, ed. Blackwell Publishers. Online access (may require log in).
Vasquez, John A. and Jaroslav Tir. 2010. “Geography and Territory” In The International Studies Encyclopedia (ISE), Robert A. Denemark, ed. Blackwell Publishers: vol. 5, 2948-2968.
Fuhrmann, Matthew and Jaroslav Tir. 2009. “Territorial Dimensions of Enduring Internal Rivalries.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 26(4): 307-329.
Tir, Jaroslav and Michael Jasinski. 2008. “Domestic-Level Diversionary Theory of War: Targeting Ethnic Minorities.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 52(5): 641-664. Replication dataset
Tir, Jaroslav. 2006. Redrawing the Map to Promote Peace: Territorial Dispute Management via Territorial Changes. Innovations in the Study of World Politics Series. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Tir, Jaroslav. 2006. “Domestic-Level Territorial Disputes: Conflict Management via Secessions.” Conflict Management and Peace Science. 23(4): 309-328.
Tir, Jaroslav. 2005. “Keeping the Peace After Secessions: Territorial Conflict Between Rump and Secessionist States.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49(5): 713-741.
Reprinted as: Tir, Jaroslav. 2006. “Keeping the Peace After Secessions: Territorial Conflicts Between Rump and Secessionist States.” In Conflict Resolution, Vol. 5, D. Druckman and P.F. Diehl, eds. London: SAGE Publications, pp. 365-395.
Tir, Jaroslav. 2005. “Dividing Countries to Promote Peace: Prospects for Long-Term Success of Partitions.” Journal of Peace Research 42(5): 545-562. Replication dataset.
Tir, Jaroslav. 2002. “Letting Secessionists Have Their Way: Can Partitions Help End and Prevent Ethnic Conflicts?” International Interactions 28(3): 261-292.
Tir, Jaroslav. 1998. “Recognition of Secessions in the Post-Cold War Period.” ACDIS Research Reports. Champaign: University of Illinois, pp. 139-156.
Other Related Publications:
Passmore, Timothy, Johannes Karreth, and Jaroslav Tir. 2022. "Consent in peacekeeping." In Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations. Han Dorussen, ed. Edward Elgar, 46-59.
Karreth, Johannes and Jaroslav Tir. 2018. Can International Organizations Help Prevent Civil Wars? Political Violence @ a Glance. http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2018/04/25/can-international-organizations-help-prevent-civil-wars/
Karreth, Johannes and Jaroslav Tir. 2018. The international community struggles to end civil wars. How can international organizations help? OUPblog. https://blog.oup.com/2018/04/international-organizations-civil-wars-united-nations/
David Leask has published a Herald Scotland news article based on Dr. Tir’s presentation at the Scottish Independence and Security Conference, held in November 2013 at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Tir, Jaroslav and Paul F. Diehl. 2006. “Dividing Iraq Might Multiply Problems.” Chicago Sun-Times. Editorial, 24 November.
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