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Levels of analysis and problems of evidential support in the study of asymmetric conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2019

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Dragos Simandan*
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Geography Department, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, L2S 3A1. simandan@brocku.cahttps://brocku.ca/social-sciences/geography/faculty-and-staff/dragos-simandan/
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Abstract

The contribution by De Dreu and Gross oversimplifies the complexity of the topic. I provide counterarguments that undermine the two sweeping contentions on which the article's argument depends, and I argue that asymmetric conflict is best understood at the finer-grained level of studying the sequences of strikes and counterstrikes that the rival actors have in store for one another.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e142
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