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18 Nov 2014

This paper argues that there is a two-way connection between Ebola outbreaks and civil war. The author contends that the current Ebola crisis in West Africa is undermining the already precarious infrastructures of fragile, violence-prone states, and if past Ebola outbreaks are anything to go by, then the nations now being assaulted by the virus are indeed headed for trouble.

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Author Tanisha M Fazal
Series ISN Articles
Publisher International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
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