The Overlooked Role of Political Parties in Violent Conflict - Civil War Paths PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. My research focuses on how political parties engage with violent organizations and the electoral consequences of politi...

New CWP post outlining my broader research agenda: how political parties actively engage with, respond to, and shape relationships with violent actors. Thank you @civilwarpaths.bsky.social ! @polisciatnu.bsky.social www.civilwarpaths.org/the-overlook...

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A Call to Arms: How Rebel Groups Choose Their Recruitment Appeals - Michael J. Soules, Mark Berlin, 2025 Why do some rebel groups mobilize around diverse grievances, while others organize around a narrow set of issues? Rebels can widen their recruitment pool by app...

Excited to see this online! @markberlin2.bsky.social and I find that radical Islamist groups are more likely to make diverse recruitment appeals because they tap into shared identity, emphasize multiple threats to Islam, and internationalize their fights.

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Unraveling the Radical Flank Effect: The Role of Moderate Organizations in the Face of Radical Flank Violence Why do moderate social movement organizations sometimes benefit from or avoid the negative effects of radical flank violence, while in other cases, they suffer strategic setbacks due to such extrem...

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I dig into the radical flank effect, looking at why moderate organizations sometimes gain from being contrasted with radicals and other times get dragged down by the association. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WB67G...