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Unity is the exception. Alliance formation and de-formation among armed actors in Northern Mali

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  • Nicolas Desgrais
  • Yvan Guichaoua
  • Andrew Lebovich

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Our paper investigates the political trajectories of armed actors in Mali since 2012, using recent theoretical advances on alliance formation and collapse in civil wars. Our paper establishes an analytically productive distinction between levels of wartime cleavages and factors shaping groups’ trajectories. Strategic alliances, we argue, emerge from anticipated benefits on the national political scene as well as in the local political economy. The two sets of considerations do not necessarily converge. This dual logic is studied through the cases of two armed groups, both siding with the government after originally aligning with jihadi and separatist coalitions respectively.

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  • Nicolas Desgrais & Yvan Guichaoua & Andrew Lebovich, 2018. "Unity is the exception. Alliance formation and de-formation among armed actors in Northern Mali," Small Wars and Insurgencies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(4), pages 654-679, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fswixx:v:29:y:2018:i:4:p:654-679
    DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2018.1488403
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    1. Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, 2020. "On-Side fighting in civil war: The logic of mortal alignment in Syria," Rationality and Society, , vol. 32(4), pages 402-460, November.

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