Clayton Besaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 4153253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clayton Besaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clayton |
| FAMILY NAME | Besaw |
| SIGNATURE | BESAW C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1073-3078 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Early Warning and Predictive Analytic Systems in Conflict Contexts: Insights from the Field
Early warning systems purport to help decision makers act more effectively. But what does it take to develop, deliver and use warnings or predictions for rare and uncertain events in data-poor and rapidly changing environments? What key lessons can be learned from teams who have confronted these challenges over the last 10 years? The paper answers these questions using in-depth analysis of the experiences of teams developing and applying early wa…
Beyond Collateral Damage: The Politics of Civilian Victimization in a Civil War
Under what conditions do states pursue counterinsurgency measures with little disregard for civilian life? This article argues that the states have an incentive to engage in group-selective violence involving disproportionate force when facing a local population sympathetic to an armed insurgent organization. Such a military strategy allows the state to punish the local population while claiming that civilian casualties are an unintended conseque…
Where the Insurgents Aren’t: Rurality, Information, and Nonterritorial Insurgency
Scholars often find that highlands and rural areas foster insurgencies. However, others have argued that cities can also be centers of insurgent activity and that nonterritorial insurgencies are different from territorial guerilla wars. We expect that in a nonterritorial insurgency, the high quality of local knowledge makes populated rural areas inhospitable to nonterritorial insurgent activity. Using data from a random sample of about 750 Médail…
Jihadist waves: Syria, the Islamic State, and the changing nature of foreign fighters
This article offers the first systematic analysis of cross-generational and cross-organizational aspects of jihadist foreign fighter (JFF) mobilization. How are individuals fighting in Syria different from foreign fighters who fought in the previous jihadist wars? What factors distinguish the Islamic State (IS) fighters from individuals joining other jihadist groups in Syria? The article builds an original sample of 477 JFFs from Turkey spanning …
Where the Insurgents Aren’t: Rurality, Information, and Nonterritorial Insurgency
Scholars often find that highlands and rural areas foster insurgencies. However, others have argued that cities can also be centers of insurgent activity and that nonterritorial insurgencies are different from territorial guerilla wars. We expect that in a nonterritorial insurgency, the high quality of local knowledge makes populated rural areas inhospitable to nonterritorial insurgent activity. Using data from a random sample of about 750 Médail…
Jihadist waves: Syria, the Islamic State, and the changing nature of foreign fighters
This article offers the first systematic analysis of cross-generational and cross-organizational aspects of jihadist foreign fighter (JFF) mobilization. How are individuals fighting in Syria different from foreign fighters who fought in the previous jihadist wars? What factors distinguish the Islamic State (IS) fighters from individuals joining other jihadist groups in Syria? The article builds an original sample of 477 JFFs from Turkey spanning …
Beyond Collateral Damage: The Politics of Civilian Victimization in a Civil War
Under what conditions do states pursue counterinsurgency measures with little disregard for civilian life? This article argues that the states have an incentive to engage in group-selective violence involving disproportionate force when facing a local population sympathetic to an armed insurgent organization. Such a military strategy allows the state to punish the local population while claiming that civilian casualties are an unintended conseque…
Jihadist waves: Syria, the Islamic State, and the changing nature of foreign fighters
This article offers the first systematic analysis of cross-generational and cross-organizational aspects of jihadist foreign fighter (JFF) mobilization. How are individuals fighting in Syria different from foreign fighters who fought in the previous jihadist wars? What factors distinguish the Islamic State (IS) fighters from individuals joining other jihadist groups in Syria? The article builds an original sample of 477 JFFs from Turkey spanning …
Where the Insurgents Aren’t: Rurality, Information, and Nonterritorial Insurgency
Scholars often find that highlands and rural areas foster insurgencies. However, others have argued that cities can also be centers of insurgent activity and that nonterritorial insurgencies are different from territorial guerilla wars. We expect that in a nonterritorial insurgency, the high quality of local knowledge makes populated rural areas inhospitable to nonterritorial insurgent activity. Using data from a random sample of about 750 Médail…
Early Warning and Predictive Analytic Systems in Conflict Contexts: Insights from the Field
Early warning systems purport to help decision makers act more effectively. But what does it take to develop, deliver and use warnings or predictions for rare and uncertain events in data-poor and rapidly changing environments? What key lessons can be learned from teams who have confronted these challenges over the last 10 years? The paper answers these questions using in-depth analysis of the experiences of teams developing and applying early wa…
Beyond Collateral Damage: The Politics of Civilian Victimization in a Civil War
Under what conditions do states pursue counterinsurgency measures with little disregard for civilian life? This article argues that the states have an incentive to engage in group-selective violence involving disproportionate force when facing a local population sympathetic to an armed insurgent organization. Such a military strategy allows the state to punish the local population while claiming that civilian casualties are an unintended conseque…
Political science (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)