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Game of Survival: External Actors' Support for Separatists

Underwood, Joshua C.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-0837
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1608154043704134

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2020, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
This research develops a novel model for external actors’ support for separatists.Three variables measuring external actors’ support are identified through two case studies, Kosovo Liberation Army and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, with an emphasis on Military Aid’s impact. The variables are then applied to a quantitative analysis of external actors’ support in a dataset of 75 observations during the years 1991-2020, utilizing the Uppsala Conflict Data Program External Support Dataset. The findings for this research show that Military Aid and Moral Support improve the probability of survival for a separatist group. A deeper analysis reveals that military aid among the three major powers (People’s Republic of China, United States of America, Russian Federation) does not have a greater impact. Finally, the PRC’s Moral Support has a stronger impact than the USA’s and RF’s Moral Support.
Liam Anderson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Carlos Costa, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
76 p.
International Relations; Political Science
external support; separatist; foreign aid; civil war; separatist war; kosovo liberation army; liberation tigers of tamil eelam

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  • Underwood, J. C. (2020). Game of Survival: External Actors' Support for Separatists [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1608154043704134

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Underwood, Joshua. Game of Survival: External Actors' Support for Separatists. 2020. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1608154043704134.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Underwood, Joshua. "Game of Survival: External Actors' Support for Separatists." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1608154043704134

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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