Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences – Département de science politique - Travaux et publications by Author "McLauchlin, Théodore"
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Disloyalty and logics of fratricide in Civil War : executions of officers in republican Spain, 1936-19391
McLauchlin, Théodore; La Parra-Pérez, Álvaro (Sage, 2018-05-14)Violence within armed groups in civil wars is important and understudied. Linking literatures on civil war violence and military politics, this article asks when this fratricidal violence targets soldiers who try to defect, and when it does not. It ... -
The efficacy of ethnic stacking : military defection during uprisings in Africa
Morency-Laflamme, Julien; McLauchlin, Théodore (Oxford University Press, 2019-05-10)Does ethnic stacking in the armed forces help prevent military defection? Recent research, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, suggests so; by favoring in-groups, regimes can keep in-group soldiers loyal. In-group loyalty comes at the cost of ... -
How IMET your mother : revisiting foreign military training, human capital, and coup risk
McLauchlin, Théodore; Seymour, Lee Joseph Mars (2020)How does foreign aid in the form of military training impact civil-military relations in recipient states? Savage and Caverley (2017) find that US foreign military training alters the balance of power between recipient state militaries and their ... -
The loyalty trap : regime ethnic exclusion, commitment problems, and civil war duration in Syria and beyond
McLauchlin, Théodore (Taylor and Francis, 2018-10-30)This article examines the impact of the ethnic exclusiveness of regimes on commitment problems and hence on civil conflict duration. It argues that members of privileged in-groups in highly exclusive regimes can be trapped into compliance with the ... -
State breakdown and Army-Splinter Rebellions
McLauchlin, Théodore (SAGE, 2022-07-03)In Afghanistan, Libya, Liberia and beyond, armed rebellions have begun when armies fell apart. When does this occur? This paper conducts a large-N analysis of these army-splinter rebellions, distinct from both non-military rebellions from below and ...