Niklas Karlén
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Niklas Karlén
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Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University | Interventions, Conflict Delegation, Proxy Warfare, Civil Wars and US Foreign Policy.
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Making stars align: Partnerships between state sponsors and armed groups - cup.org/40g8KqK

"I argue that states place demands on rebel groups who may strategically rebrand, reform, and reorganise..."

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July 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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My first article, co-authored with @efetokdemir.bsky.social and Ersel Aydınlı, is published @conflictmanagement.bsky.social Our study sheds light on the least studied area on the external support literature by focusing on target responses. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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New data alert! UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset (CID) is here! This global yearly dataset contains 14 832 conflict issues – divided into a four-tier typology with 120 categories at the most disaggregated level – raised by all armed non-state groups active in civil war, 1989-2017. t.co/3hrZxZr6Qo
What They Are Fighting For – Introducing the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset - Johan Brosché, Ralph ...
Although conflict issues – the stated goals of actors engaged in conflict – hold a privileged position in many theoretical explanations of the occurrence, dynam...
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December 1, 2023 at 11:55 AM