Publication

This paper probes questions of whether particular structural relations between ethnic groups affect the inclination of third parties to intervene in civil wars. The author investigates the proposition that ethnically dominant states are more prone to intervene than ethnically pluralist states, given that their dominant ethnic group has ethnic kin in the target country. The hypothesis is tested on data on third-party interventions in civil wars in Eurasia and North Africa 1944-1994. The author concludes that ethnically dominant states are indeed more likely to intervene than their ethnically pluralist counterparts.