Does Emergency Rule Help Counterinsurgents? Testing the Hearts and Minds Theories

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orad004

Aysegul Aydin, Anna Marie Gray

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Abstract

Is popular support necessary to win counterinsurgency wars? We argue that countries that adopt extralegal frameworks to defeat insurgencies are less likely to win counterinsurgency wars because although greater civilian control helps cut insurgent logistics, it complicates the process of winning hearts and minds among civilians. We test this argument with new data on emergency rule in the post-1918 period. We find that the timing of emergency declarations matters: Counterinsurgents that delay the declaration of such regulations signal their desperation to sift through civilian populations and find insurgents without legal ramifications, reducing civilian support, and decreasing their chances of winning.

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紧急状态有助于镇压叛乱吗?测试心灵和思想理论

赢得平叛战争需要民众支持吗？我们认为，采用法外框架击败叛乱的国家不太可能赢得反叛乱战争，因为尽管加强文职人员的控制有助于减少叛乱的后勤保障，但这会使赢得平民民心的过程变得复杂。我们用1918年后紧急状态规则的新数据来检验这一论点。我们发现，宣布紧急状态的时机很重要：推迟宣布此类规定的反叛乱分子表明，他们不顾一切地筛选平民，寻找没有法律后果的叛乱分子，从而减少了平民的支持，降低了他们获胜的机会。

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