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Civil Conflict Fragmentation and the Effectiveness of UN Peacekeeping Operations (2020)
Journal Article
Arı, B., & Gizelis, T. (2020). Civil Conflict Fragmentation and the Effectiveness of UN Peacekeeping Operations. International Peacekeeping, 27(4), 617-644. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2020.1761255

While the extant literature has highlighted the importance of UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs) in addressing commitment problems in civil wars, actor fragmentation presents additional challenges for conflict resolution. A higher number of competing... Read More about Civil Conflict Fragmentation and the Effectiveness of UN Peacekeeping Operations.

UN involvement and civil war peace agreement implementation (2018)
Journal Article
Maekawa, W., Arı, B., & Gizelis, T. (2019). UN involvement and civil war peace agreement implementation. Public Choice, 178(3-4), 397-416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0602-9

Many studies argue that third-party guarantees, such as those of the United Nations, increase the chances that belligerents will sign peace agreements, but it is unclear how third-party involvement affects the implementation of such agreements. We un... Read More about UN involvement and civil war peace agreement implementation.

Could rainfall have swung the result of the Brexit referendum? (2018)
Journal Article
Leslie, P. A., & Arı, B. (2018). Could rainfall have swung the result of the Brexit referendum?. Political Geography, 65, 134-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2018.05.009

Previous studies have shown that weather conditions may affect voter turnout, sometimes in ways that could plausibly swing the result of a close election. On the day of Britain's EU Referendum, the presence of torrential rain in the South-East of Eng... Read More about Could rainfall have swung the result of the Brexit referendum?.

From one participant cohort to another: Surveying inter-generational political incubation in an Indian University (2018)
Journal Article
Martelli, J., & Arı, B. (2018). From one participant cohort to another: Surveying inter-generational political incubation in an Indian University. India Review, 17(3), 263-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2018.1473319

Several recent studies propose that political choices of Indian youth can hardly be distinguished from those of their parents in many respects. Contrary to this well-established understanding, this article shows that when set apart from the spheres o... Read More about From one participant cohort to another: Surveying inter-generational political incubation in an Indian University.

Conflict Fragmentation Index (2017)
Journal Article
Arı, B., & Gizelis, T. (2017). Conflict Fragmentation Index. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 23(4), Article 20170029. https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2017-0029

It is widely accepted that fragmentation influences conflict processes in a profound way. Multi-party conflicts with several fronts are notoriously hard to resolve. However, there is no easily computable measure to approximate conflict fragmentation.... Read More about Conflict Fragmentation Index.