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MAR and Third Party Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts
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Understanding Third-Party Ethnic Intervention:
Minorities at Risk (MAR), discriminatory states and security dilemma
Yasemin Akbaba, ## email not listed ##James Patrick, ## email not listed ##
Zeynep Taydas, ## email not listed ##
Department of Political Science
113 Professional Building
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-6030
Abstract
Why do some ethnic conflicts attract third-party intervention from states, even on multiple
occasions, while others do not? In particular, what role is played by state discrimination in third-party interventions? What is the role of insecurity level caused by discrimination on attracting thirdparty support? To answer these questions, the paper proceeds in five parts. The first part is a briefoverview that sets the agenda. Second is a theoretically oriented discussion of discrimination,security dilemma and third-party intervention as related to ethnic conflict. In particular, securitydilemma caused by economic, political and religious discrimination against minorities in a stateare expected to attract third-party intervention. The third part consists of the research design,which includes hypotheses and measurement of variables.
Data from the Minorities at Risk
(MAR) Project and the Violent, Intrastate Nationalist Conflicts (VINC) Third Party Interventionsdata sets are used. The data analysis, which covers the period from 1990 to 1996, appears in thefourth section. Results show that political, not religious, discrimination by the host state, plays asignificant role in explaining third-party intervention. Most interesting is the discovery that ananticipated synergy between political and economic discrimination in attracting intervention issupported, along with a reversal of the main effect for economic discrimination alone, wheregroups that do not experience such discrimination are more likely to receive intervention. Fifth,and last, are conclusions, along with directions for future research.
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| | Authors: Akbaba, Yasemin., James, Patrick. and Taydas, Zeynep. |
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Understanding Third-Party Ethnic Intervention:
Minorities at Risk (MAR), discriminatory states and security dilemma
Yasemin Akbaba, ## email not listed ##
James Patrick, ## email not listed ##
Zeynep Taydas, ## email not listed ##
Department of Political Science
113 Professional Building
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-6030
Abstract
Why do some ethnic conflicts attract third-party intervention from states, even on multiple
occasions, while others do not? In particular, what role is played by state discrimination in third-
party interventions? What is the role of insecurity level caused by discrimination on attracting third
party support? To answer these questions, the paper proceeds in five parts. The first part is a brief
overview that sets the agenda. Second is a theoretically oriented discussion of discrimination,
security dilemma and third-party intervention as related to ethnic conflict. In particular, security
dilemma caused by economic, political and religious discrimination against minorities in a state
are expected to attract third-party intervention. The third part consists of the research design,
which includes hypotheses and measurement of variables.
Data from the Minorities at Risk
(MAR) Project and the Violent, Intrastate Nationalist Conflicts (VINC) Third Party Interventions
data sets are used. The data analysis, which covers the period from 1990 to 1996, appears in the
fourth section. Results show that political, not religious, discrimination by the host state, plays a
significant role in explaining third-party intervention. Most interesting is the discovery that an
anticipated synergy between political and economic discrimination in attracting intervention is
supported, along with a reversal of the main effect for economic discrimination alone, where
groups that do not experience such discrimination are more likely to receive intervention. Fifth,
and last, are conclusions, along with directions for future research.
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