Search Results - "Linke, Andrew M."

Weather, wheat, and war: Security implications of climate variability for conflict in Syria by Linke, Andrew M, Ruether, Brett

“…We examine how Syria’s local growing seasons and precipitation variability affected patterns of violence during the country’s civil war (2011–19). Among…”
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Effects of temperature and precipitation variability on the risk of violence in sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–2012 by O'Loughlin, John, Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W.

“…Significance A robust debate about the effects of climate change on conflict occurrences has attained wide public and policy attention, with sub-Saharan Africa…”
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Climate variability and conflict risk in East Africa, 1990–2009 by O’Loughlin, John, Witmer, Frank D. W, Linke, Andrew M, Laing, Arlene, Gettelman, Andrew, Dudhia, Jimy

“…Recent studies concerning the possible relationship between climate trends and the risks of violent conflict have yielded contradictory results, partly because…”
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Modeling and data choices sway conclusions about climate-conflict links by O'Loughlin, John, Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W.

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Population, behavioural and environmental drivers of malaria prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Messina, Jane P, Taylor, Steve M, Meshnick, Steven R, Linke, Andrew M, Tshefu, Antoinette K, Atua, Benjamin, Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka, Emch, Michael

“…Malaria is highly endemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the limits and intensity of transmission within the country are unknown. It is…”
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How indiscriminate violence fuels conflicts between groups: Evidence from Kenya by Schutte, Sebastian, Ruhe, Constantin, Linke, Andrew M.

“…Armed conflicts frequently fuel tensions between groups. The “cognitive perspective” of group identification offers a possible explanation, but is tacit on…”
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Dynamics of state-building after war: External-internal relations in Eurasian de facto states by Bakke, Kristin M., Linke, Andrew M., O'Loughlin, John, Toal, Gerard

“…Post-war state-building is fraught with challenges as “war-makers” pivot to become “state-makers.” Citizen assessments of public good provision and physical…”
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Environmental stress and agricultural landownership in Africa by Linke, Andrew M., Tollefsen, Andreas Forø

“…•We analyze regional agricultural landownership rates across 35 African countries.•We measure growing season rainfall deviations from the historical average…”
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Geographies of Organized Hate in America: A Regional Analysis by Medina, Richard M., Nicolosi, Emily, Brewer, Simon, Linke, Andrew M.

“…Hate in the United States today is narrowly understood but widely used as a politically charged term. Recently, political blame-placing on outsiders such as…”
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Drought, Local Institutional Contexts, and Support for Violence in Kenya by Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W., O’Loughlin, John, McCabe, J. Terrence, Tir, Jaroslav

“…We address two questions on the effects of climate change for social instability. First, do droughts and their associated environmental impacts affect support…”
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Weather variability and conflict forecasts: Dynamic human-environment interactions in Kenya by Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D.W., O'Loughlin, John

“…While conflict prediction has gained considerable attention in recent years, the existing literature has relied mainly upon aggregated data for large…”
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Do people accurately report droughts? Comparison of instrument-measured and national survey data in Kenya by Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W., O’Loughlin, John

“…We evaluate the agreement between drought perceptions of two nationally representative samples of Kenyans (2014 and 2018) and instrument-measured rainfall and…”
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Rainfall variability and violence in rural Kenya: Investigating the effects of drought and the role of local institutions with survey data by Linke, Andrew M., O’Loughlin, John, McCabe, J. Terrence, Tir, Jaroslav, Witmer, Frank D.W.

“…•Investigates associations between precipitation change and violence in Kenya.•Considers violent attitudes reported in surveys.•Studies social mechanisms…”
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Subnational violent conflict forecasts for sub-Saharan Africa, 2015—65,using climate-sensitive models by Witmer, Frank DW, Linke, Andrew M, O'Loughlin, John, Gettelman, Andrew, Laing, Arlene

“…How will local violent conflict patterns in sub-Saharan Africa evolve until the middle of the 21st century? Africa is recognized as a particularly vulnerable…”
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Population Attitudes and the Spread of Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa by Linke, Andrew M., Schutte, Sebastian, Buhaug, Halvard

“…One of the most powerful predictors of violent political conflict is proximate violence in space and time. This spatiotemporal pattern has been identified…”
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Mountainous Terrain and Civil Wars: Geospatial Analysis of Conflict Dynamics in the Post-Soviet Caucasus by Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W., Holland, Edward C., O'Loughlin, John

“…Existing research on the relationship between mountainous terrain and conflict has generally been implemented using crude metrics capturing the actions and…”
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Reconceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Distance and Context in the Study of Conflicts: Using Survey Data from the North Caucasus of Russia by Linke, Andrew M., O'Loughlin, John

“…How does political violence affect the attitudes and beliefs of affected populations? This question remains of central concern to the discipline of conflict…”
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Space-Time Granger Analysis of the War in Iraq: A Study of Coalition and Insurgent Action-Reaction by Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W., O'Loughlin, John

“…We investigate insurgent-coalition interaction using the WikiLeaks dataset of Iraq war logs 2004-2009. After a review of existing theoretical interventions on…”
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Peering into the Fog of War: The Geography of the WikiLeaks Afghanistan War Logs, 2004-2009 by O'Loughlin, John, Witmer, Frank D. W., Linke, Andrew M., Thorwardson, Nancy

“…A team of U.S. political geographers analyzes the secret Afghanistan war logs released by WikiLeaks.org. They offer the chance to examine in detail the…”
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Wars, 2008-2009: Micro-geographies, Conflict Diffusion, and Clusters of Violence by O'Loughlin, John, Witmer, Frank D. W., Linke, Andrew M.

“…A team of political geographers analyzes over 5,000 violent events collected from media reports for the Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts during 2008 and…”
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