Collaborative Research: Militias and Paramilitaries in Militarized Interstate Conflicts

NSF Award AbstractProposal ID：2116678/2116693/2116746机构：亚拉巴马塔斯卡卢萨大学/克莱姆森大学/亚利桑那大学首席研究员：道格拉斯吉布勒/史蒂文米勒/杰西卡布雷斯韦特国家科学基金会计划：安全和准备标题：合作研究：机器中的幽灵：军事化州际公路中的民兵和准军事部队新标题：合作研究：民兵和准军事部队在军事化的州际冲突本项目将确定何时非国家行为体，如民兵和准军事部队影响军事化的州际冲突的持续时间，严重程度和结果。自冷战结束以来，这些行为体在国家间冲突中越来越活跃。该项目将产生一套关于民兵和准军事行为体参与军事化国家间冲突的新数据。该项目将根据对这一新数据集的实证分析，就这些非国家行为者对冲突行为的影响提供系统性证据。该项目的结果将有助于我们更好地了解民兵和准军事组织等国内行为者何时以及如何影响国家在可能导致升级和战争的国际争端中的决定。 该项目将发展和测试关于民兵和准军事人员采取的导致国家间军事化冲突升级和持续的行动的理论。 将收集1816年至2017年期间民兵和准军事组织在军事化国家间冲突中的组织结构和事件级军事行动的新的综合数据集。将对新的数据集进行统计分析，以检验理论主张。该项目的成果将推动对国际冲突和战争的国内根源、国家领导人战略性地利用非国家行为体胁迫和对抗国际对手、以及国家是否能够在战时和武装冲突结束时有效地控制这些民兵和准军事组织。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响评审标准。

NSF Award AbstractProposal ID: 2116678/2116693/2116746Institution: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa/Clemson University/University of ArizonaPrincipal Investigator: Douglas Gibler/Steven Miller/Jessica BraithwaiteNSF Program: Security and PreparednessTitle: Collaborative Research: Ghosts in the Machine: Militias and Paramilitaries in Militarized Interstate ConflictsNew Title: Collaborative Research: Militias and Paramilitaries in Militarized Interstate ConflictsThis project will determine when non-state actors such as militias and paramilitaries influence the duration, severity, and outcomes of militarized interstate conflicts. These actors have been increasingly active in interstate conflicts since the end of the Cold War. The project will produce a new data set on the involvement of militias and paramilitary actors in militarized interstate conflicts. The project will provide systematic evidence on the impact of these non-state actors on conflict behavior based on empirical analyses of this new dataset. The results of this project will contribute to improving our understanding of when and how domestic actors such as militias and paramilitaries influence the decisions of states in international disputes that can lead to escalation and war. The project will develop and test theory on the actions that militias and paramilitaries undertake that contribute to the escalation and duration of militarized interstate conflicts. A new and comprehensive dataset on the organizational structure and event-level military actions of militias and paramilitaries in militarized interstate conflicts will be collected for the period 1816 to 2017. Statistical analyses of the new data set will be conducted to test theoretical propositions. The results of the project will advance basic research on the domestic sources of international conflict and war, the strategic use of non-state actors by state leaders to coerce and confront international adversaries, and whether states can effectively control these militias and paramilitaries in wartime and in the termination of armed conflicts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.