Citation

Wilson M, Machain CM. Int. Interact. 2018; 44(1): 156-172.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03050629.2017.1257492

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research note examines how domestic institutions can moderate the relationship between domestic and interstate conflict involvement. Previous work has found that military dictatorships are more likely to become involved in either domestic or international conflicts, compared to party-based autocracies. We argue that the same institutional explanations for why military autocracies are more conflict-prone also make them less capable of successfully carrying out multiple conflicts at the same time. Analyzing interstate and domestic conflict involvement on a sample of dictatorships over the period 1947-2004, we show that military autocracies dealing with internal armed conflict are less likely than their nonmilitary counterparts to become involved in an international conflict.

Language: en

Keywords

Autocracy; domestic conflict; dual conflict; interstate conflict; military regime