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Islamism and Armed Conflict

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ID12463526
AuthorsStathis N Kalyva (0000-0003-0876-1368, University of Oxford), Stathis N Kalyvas (1Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]), Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh (0000-0001-5923-7502, 2Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
Year2025
Volume28
Issue1
Pages393-411
Publication date2025-04-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-polisci-061623-100652
OpenAlexW4409916326
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited62

Islamism has become a dominant force across civil wars, the most common form of armed conflict. Yet our comparative and theoretical understanding of this critical political development is lagging. We discuss this phenomenon and describe its emergence and basic trends and patterns; we review existing accounts of its causes and dynamics and conclude by suggesting future directions for research, with an emphasis on integrating context-rich studies with comparative and theoretical approaches

Armed conflict · Criminology · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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Citation span2026 - 2026 (1)
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