Dissertation Research: Third Party Interventions in Intrastate Disputes

本博士论文研究的是对内部纠纷中第三方干预的发生和时机进行评估。具体来说，是什么因素影响第三方是否会介入内部纠纷？什么因素会影响第三方何时介入内部纠纷？本研究定义了第三方干预和内部纠纷，以便纳入广泛的干预和纠纷类型。因此，本研究的创新之处在于，它广泛地分析了第三方干预国家内部争端的现象，而不是只分析一种类型的干预（如军事干预）或一种类型的国家内部争端（如民族争端）。为了解释第三方干预的发生和时机，本研究从国际关系领域的主要理论角度提出了几个假设。这些假设是根据二战后第三方干预国内争端的历史记录来检验的。该项目的主要目标是评估与第三方干预的发生和时机有关的各种因素的一组假设。在此过程中，本研究提供了一个更好的理解，为什么，何时，以及如何第三方干预纠纷发生在国内团体之间的边界内。该项目的第二个目标是收集和传播有关第二次世界大战后国家内部争端中第三方干预的新数据来源。在这一时期，没有任何现有的数据集包含广泛的第三方对内部纠纷的干预。

This Doctoral Dissertation research evaluates the occurrence and timing of third party interventions in intrastate disputes. Specifically, what factors influence whether or not a third party will intervene in an intrastate dispute? What factors influence when a third party will intervene in an intrastate dispute? Third party interventions and intrastate disputes are defined in this study so as to incorporate a wide range of intervention and dispute types. As a result, this study is original in that it broadly analyzes the phenomena of third party interventions in intrastate disputes, as opposed to analyzing just one type of intervention (i.e. military intervention) or one typo of intrastate dispute (i.e. ethnic disputes) Several hypotheses are derived from major theoretical perspectives in the filed on international relations in order to explain the occurrence and timing of third party interventions. The hypotheses are tested against the historical record of third party interventions in intrastate disputes in the post World War II period. The primary objective of this project is to evaluate a set of hypotheses relating various factors to the occurrence and timing of third party interventions. In doing so, this study provides a better understanding of why, when, and how third parties intervene in disputes that occur between domestic groups within the borders of a state. A secondary objective of this project is the collection and dissemination of a new source of data pertaining to third party interventions in intrastate disputes in the post-World War II period. There are no existing sets of data containing a broad range of third party interventions in intrastate disputes for this period.