Louis-Alexandre Berg
Biographic Data
| ID | 370877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louis-Alexandre Berg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louis-Alexandre |
| FAMILY NAME | Berg |
| SIGNATURE | BERG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1673-6974 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Protest policing after civil war. Evidence from a survey experiment in Colombia
Countries emerging from civil war often experience protests and police repression. While scholars have assumed that most people oppose forceful police responses, frequent instances of repression in conflict-affected countries points to substantial public support. This study examines variation in public support for police use of force against protests in conflict-affected regions of Colombia. Prior research has focused on community policing, perso…
Security Assistance and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order
The crisis of the Liberal International Order (LIO) has intensified amid growing great-power competition, the war in Ukraine, and the erosion of multilateral institutions. This Forum examines security assistance (SA)—the training, equipping and support of external security actors—as a critical lens for understanding how this crisis is unfolding and how international order is increasingly contested in practice. The Forum consists of an introductor…
US Security Force Assistance and Civil-Military Relations
Governing Security after War
Elite Bargains and External Influence
This article explores how elite bargains affect external influence over civil-military relations. It argues that opportunities for security assistance arise from fragmented post-war coalitions and negotiations among rival factions. In post-civil war Liberia and Sierra Leone, the role of security assistance reflected bargains struck by ruling elites to consolidate their authority. Politicians used external backing to maintain fragmented coalitions…
When aid builds states
Does foreign aid strengthen or weaken post-conflict states? We examine the effects of aid on tax collection after civil war, an important dimension of state effectiveness. While the literature emphasizes aid’s perverse effects, the relationship between aid dependence and the growth of tax collection is unclear. We argue that the impact of aid reflects its political utility for ruling elites in consolidating their authority after civil war. While …
Civil–Military Relations and Civil War Recurrence
Does restructuring security forces reduce the risk of civil war recurrence? Prior research has examined effects of military integration in alleviating commitment problems, but the evidence has been inconclusive. Other aspects of civil–military relations have received less attention. This article examines the effects of civil–military relations in the context of postwar struggles to consolidate authority. It outlines three pathways through which s…
Organized criminal violence and territorial control
What accounts for geographic variation in organized criminal violence? In Honduras, a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, the intensity of violence rivals many civil wars. Yet violent crime varies across cities and neighborhoods. Armed groups seeking to control territory use violence for different purposes, including competing against rivals, coercing residents and state officials, and exploiting the public for profit. Va…
Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras
Violent crime has emerged as a growing \n development challenge, affecting large segments of \n societies, and taking a severe toll on economic development. \n In many high crime environments, weak institutions, fiscal \n constraints, and political resistance have undermined the \n effectiveness of development programs and threatened their \n sustainability. The World Bank has begun to confront this \n challenge. The country of Honduras is the mo…
From Weakness to Strength
The mixed results of efforts to reform the governance of security forces in the aftermath of conflict require deeper examination of the political constraints that shape statebuilding processes. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, attempts to restructure and centralize the security forces led to a substantial though incomplete reform of the military, but limited impact on the police forces. These uneven results are rooted in the nature of political coaliti…
Organized criminal violence and territorial control
What accounts for geographic variation in organized criminal violence? In Honduras, a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, the intensity of violence rivals many civil wars. Yet violent crime varies across cities and neighborhoods. Armed groups seeking to control territory use violence for different purposes, including competing against rivals, coercing residents and state officials, and exploiting the public for profit. Va…
Civil–Military Relations and Civil War Recurrence
Does restructuring security forces reduce the risk of civil war recurrence? Prior research has examined effects of military integration in alleviating commitment problems, but the evidence has been inconclusive. Other aspects of civil–military relations have received less attention. This article examines the effects of civil–military relations in the context of postwar struggles to consolidate authority. It outlines three pathways through which s…
From Weakness to Strength
The mixed results of efforts to reform the governance of security forces in the aftermath of conflict require deeper examination of the political constraints that shape statebuilding processes. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, attempts to restructure and centralize the security forces led to a substantial though incomplete reform of the military, but limited impact on the police forces. These uneven results are rooted in the nature of political coaliti…
Elite Bargains and External Influence
This article explores how elite bargains affect external influence over civil-military relations. It argues that opportunities for security assistance arise from fragmented post-war coalitions and negotiations among rival factions. In post-civil war Liberia and Sierra Leone, the role of security assistance reflected bargains struck by ruling elites to consolidate their authority. Politicians used external backing to maintain fragmented coalitions…
From Weakness to Strength
The mixed results of efforts to reform the governance of security forces in the aftermath of conflict require deeper examination of the political constraints that shape statebuilding processes. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, attempts to restructure and centralize the security forces led to a substantial though incomplete reform of the military, but limited impact on the police forces. These uneven results are rooted in the nature of political coaliti…
Crime, Violence, and Community-Based Prevention in Honduras
Violent crime has emerged as a growing \n development challenge, affecting large segments of \n societies, and taking a severe toll on economic development. \n In many high crime environments, weak institutions, fiscal \n constraints, and political resistance have undermined the \n effectiveness of development programs and threatened their \n sustainability. The World Bank has begun to confront this \n challenge. The country of Honduras is the mo…
Organized criminal violence and territorial control
What accounts for geographic variation in organized criminal violence? In Honduras, a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, the intensity of violence rivals many civil wars. Yet violent crime varies across cities and neighborhoods. Armed groups seeking to control territory use violence for different purposes, including competing against rivals, coercing residents and state officials, and exploiting the public for profit. Va…
Elite Bargains and External Influence
This article explores how elite bargains affect external influence over civil-military relations. It argues that opportunities for security assistance arise from fragmented post-war coalitions and negotiations among rival factions. In post-civil war Liberia and Sierra Leone, the role of security assistance reflected bargains struck by ruling elites to consolidate their authority. Politicians used external backing to maintain fragmented coalitions…
When aid builds states
Does foreign aid strengthen or weaken post-conflict states? We examine the effects of aid on tax collection after civil war, an important dimension of state effectiveness. While the literature emphasizes aid’s perverse effects, the relationship between aid dependence and the growth of tax collection is unclear. We argue that the impact of aid reflects its political utility for ruling elites in consolidating their authority after civil war. While …
Civil–Military Relations and Civil War Recurrence
Does restructuring security forces reduce the risk of civil war recurrence? Prior research has examined effects of military integration in alleviating commitment problems, but the evidence has been inconclusive. Other aspects of civil–military relations have received less attention. This article examines the effects of civil–military relations in the context of postwar struggles to consolidate authority. It outlines three pathways through which s…
Governing Security after War
US Security Force Assistance and Civil-Military Relations
Protest policing after civil war. Evidence from a survey experiment in Colombia
Countries emerging from civil war often experience protests and police repression. While scholars have assumed that most people oppose forceful police responses, frequent instances of repression in conflict-affected countries points to substantial public support. This study examines variation in public support for police use of force against protests in conflict-affected regions of Colombia. Prior research has focused on community policing, perso…
Security Assistance and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order
The crisis of the Liberal International Order (LIO) has intensified amid growing great-power competition, the war in Ukraine, and the erosion of multilateral institutions. This Forum examines security assistance (SA)—the training, equipping and support of external security actors—as a critical lens for understanding how this crisis is unfolding and how international order is increasingly contested in practice. The Forum consists of an introductor…
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