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Location, Location, Location…Identifying Hot spots of International Conflict

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  • Alex Braithwaite

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This article introduces new variables summarizing the geographic location of Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs) and “hot spots” of these locations for the years 1816 to 2001. Three exercises are detailed: (1) the specification and collection of geographic location data for each MID onset; (2) the generation of static map representations of these data; and (3) the application of spatial cluster analysis techniques to examine their geographic distribution. Initially, I address the protocol followed while carrying out the first two of these steps - offering thoughts on the coding procedures and examples of the mapped representations of the data. I then detail the techniques used to conduct spatial cluster analysis. The results of these analyses confirm the apparent evidence of the mapped presentations of the data, offering evidence in support of the a priori expectation that dispute onsets are clustered in space and time; revealing apparent “hot spots” of conflict across most regions of the world. I conclude with a discussion of potential applications of this new MID location dataset.

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  • Alex Braithwaite, 2005. "Location, Location, Location…Identifying Hot spots of International Conflict," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(3), pages 251-273, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ginixx:v:31:y:2005:i:3:p:251-273
    DOI: 10.1080/03050620500294234
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    1. Tadeusz Kugler & J. Patrick Rhamey, 2023. "People and Places: The Contextual Side of Politics in Demography and Geography," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-11, August.
    2. Lars-Erik Cederman & Halvard Buhaug & Jan Ketil Rød, 2009. "Ethno-Nationalist Dyads and Civil War," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 53(4), pages 496-525, August.
    3. Fabrizio Carmignani & Parvinder Kler, 2017. "The spillover of war in time and space: exploring some open issues," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(3), pages 273-288, January.

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