Abstract
The proclivity of military regimes and their leaders for more frequent involvement in international conflict than other autocracies has been shown in several studies. The question raised here is not whether they participate in more conflicts and disputes, but rather whether after the leaders of military regimes enter office they initiate these acts more quickly than the leaders of other types of autocracies. Drawing on three authoritarian regime typologies and examining the time to the initiation of any dispute and the initiation of violent disputes, our results show that in comparison to other authoritarian leaders a subset of military leaders is distinctly trigger-happy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 544-558 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Conflict Management and Peace Science |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 17 Nov 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2018 |
Keywords
- militarized interstate disputes
- military leaders
- international conflict
- international relations
- survival models
- military regimes
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Replication data for: "Trigger Happy?: Military Regimes and the Timing of Conflict"
Johnson, R. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 6 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.15129/71c49b70-5e93-4413-b769-44fa1b304547
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