Week 1 - How do we study conflict & violence

Question 1

Typology of political violence, key distinctions.

Answer 1

• Key distinction 1: state vs. non-state actors.
• Key distinction 2: perpetrator vs. target
  o actors can be both perpetrators and targets at the same time

Question 2

Typology of political violence after Kalyvas 2019.
1. Target: State, Perpetrator: State
2. Target: State, Perpetrator: Non-State
3. Target: Non-State, Perpetrator: State
4. Target: Non-State, Perpetrator: Non-State

Answer 2

1. Interstate war
2. Organized Crime/Cartels, Mass Protest/ Rebellion, Military Coup, Political Assassination, Civil War, Terrorism
3. State Repression, Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing
4. Intercommunal Violence, (Political Assassination)

Question 3

Types of armed conflict

Answer 3

• Interstate Conflict: State A vs. State B
• Intrastate/Civil Conflict: State A vs. Non-State A1
• Internationalized armed conflict/Civil war: State A vs. State B vs. Non-state B (State A and non-State B do not fight each other here)
• Communal/non-state conflict: Non-State A1 vs. Non-State A2