Untitled Flashcards Set 3

Questions: 1. What are the root conflicts of interest in civil wars, and how can they be described? 2. What are the arguments for and against groups having states of their own? 3. What are the three main factors that help explain the rise of violent opposition groups? Summarize each explanation. 4. Why might foreign governments choose to support or host rebel groups? 5. How do the features of the bargaining problem explain the occurrence of civil wars? 6. Why do rebel groups prefer insurgency tactics over conventional warfare? 7. What is COIN (Counterinsurgency), and how is it relevant to civil wars? 8. In what ways could promoting democracy help or harm efforts to reduce civil wars? 9. Why are terrorists often perceived as irrational actors? 10.What weaknesses do terrorist groups face, and what problems do these weaknesses create? 11.How can terrorism be analyzed through the lens of the bargaining problem? 12.What strategies of violence do terrorist groups use to advance their interests? 13.What challenges arise when attempting to deter terrorist groups? 14.What difficulties do rebel groups and terrorist organizations pose to states?