%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®No peace, no war¡¯ proponents? How pro
%A Huseyn Aliyev
%J Cooperation and Conflict
%@ 1460-3691
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0010836718766380
%X Previous research on non-state actors involved in civil wars has tended to disregard the role of extra-dyad agents in influencing conflict outcomes. Little is known as to whether the presence of such extra-dyadic actors as pro-regime militias affects conflict termination and outcomes. This article develops and tests a number of hypotheses on the pro-government militias¡¯ effect upon civil war outcomes. It proposes that pro-regime militias involved in intrastate conflicts tend to act as proponents of ¡®no peace, no war¡¯, favouring low-activity violence and ceasefires over other conflict outcomes. These hypotheses are examined using an expanded dataset on pro-government militias and armed conflict in a statistical analysis of 229 civil war episodes from 1991 to 2015. These findings shed new light on the role of extra-state actors in civil wars
%K Armed groups
%K civil war
%K conflict outcome
%K extra-dyadic
%K extra-state
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0010836718766380