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Tag Archives: 5% rule
Eating Crow, Damascus Stylee
Over at Political Violence at a Glance Andy Kydd describes the situation in Syria this way: We are now past at least 70,000 dead in the Syrian conflict and mass atrocities are being committed on an almost daily basis. That reminds me … Continue reading
The 5% Rule and Indiscriminate Killing of Civilians
Source: Satellite image of Qabun neighborhood, 18 July 2012, (c)DigitalGlobe A remarkably successful bombing yesterday in Damascus has me reflecting on Mark Lichbach’s 5% Rule conjecture that no government can survive an active mobilization of five percent of its citizens. … Continue reading
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Tagged 5% rule, Assad, human rights, indiscriminate killing, Syria
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