Conflicts among $$\varvec{N}$$ N armed groups: scenarios from a new descriptive model

Conflicts among N armed groups: Scenarios from a new descriptive model

In this paper we propose and analyze a new descriptive model of armed conflicts among N groups. The model is composed ofN ordinary differential equations, with 3(N+N) constant parameters that describe military characteristics and recruitment policies, ranging from pure defensivism to pure fanaticism. The results are only preliminary, but point out interesting (though not very surprising) proper...

How People Talk About Armed Conflicts

Armed conflicts around the world produce displacement, injury, and death. This study examines how anonymous and pseudonymous Internet commenters discuss such conflicts. Specifically, we ask how permissible it is to express positive or negative sentiments about these conflicts as a function of variables including region, conflict nature, and severity. Data from the Armed Conflicts Database is ag...

Armed Conflicts in Online News: A Multilingual Study

Wars and conflicts have constituted major events throughout history. Despite their importance, the general public typically learns about such events only indirectly, through the lens of news media, which necessarily select and distort events before relaying them to readers. Quantifying these processes is important, as they are fundamental to how we see the world, but the task is difficult, as i...

Non-State Armed Groups

A Conceptual Model for Underlying Factors of Parent-Adolescent Conflicts from Parents’ Perspective

Parent-adolescent conflict, which is affected by many factors, is one of the most important problems in many families with adolescents. This study, which was conducted via a qualitative method on the basis of grounded theory, aimed at identifying the underlying factors of parent-adolescent conflicts. Using theoretical, purposive, and voluntary sampling, a total number of 14 couples were selecte...