Do Refugees Spread Conflict?

Zhou, Yang-Yang; Shaver, Andrew

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3107830

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“…Having said that, previous studies identified several di↵erent ways in which an increase in a state's refugee population might give rise to conflict and political violence (see, e.g., Gleditsch, 2007;Milton et al, 2013;Benmelech & Klor, 2016;Zhou & Shaver, 2018). We therefore re-estimated our main models while including a variable that captures the refugee population in a given country-year (in millions) and is based on the UNHCR Population Statistics Reference Database.…”

Section: A7 Controlling For Refugee Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does cultural proximity contain terrorism diffusion?

Böhmelt

Bove

2019

Journal of Peace Research

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What are the security consequences of population movements? This article seeks to provide a better understanding of when, how, and under what conditions terrorism diffuses across countries via migration flows as a vehicle. We contribute to this debate by studying the influence of migrants’ cultural proximity to the native population of their host country. It is argued that cultural closeness can contain such terrorism diffusion. Similarities in societal norms, customs, or beliefs seem likely to induce trust in the social interactions between migrants and locals. This, in turn, makes it more difficult for terrorist organizations to exploit transnational population movements for radicalization and as a recruitment pool – one of the core mechanisms linking population flows with terrorism. Conversely, migrants from culturally distant societies may find it more challenging to integrate into their new homes. A fertile ground for terrorist organizations for the recruitment of new followers is thereby more likely. Our analyses present consistent evidence that the effect of terrorism diffusing across countries weakens when accounting for cultural closeness between migrants and host societies. This key finding of our research has crucial implications for policy’s and scholars’ understanding of terrorism, the diffusion of terrorism across countries, and the security consequences of population movements.

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Section: A7 Controlling For Refugee Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%