Rebel Group Violence Portfolios Across 30 Civil Wars

Replication Data for 'Adapting Under Pressure: Diversification of Rebel Violence in Civil Wars' is hosted by Harvard Dataverse. The dataset supports an analysis of 623 rebel groups across 30 civil wars, investigating how external state pressure influences their tactical diversification. It was authored by Timothy Jones and last updated on April 13, —.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between state pressure and rebel targeting strategies based on the described analysis.
• Analyzing the correlation between violence diversification and rebel group operational tempo or survival.
• Testing hypotheses about leadership losses and tactical adaptation using the natural experiment from Pakistan's drone campaign.

Strengths

• Analysis covers 623 rebel groups, providing a substantial sample size.
• Empirical scope includes 30 distinct civil wars for comparative context.
• Includes a natural experiment case from Pakistan's drone campaign for causal inference.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, authored by Timothy Jones.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical records and conflict event data for academic replication.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 16:04:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Covers 30 civil wars, with a specific case study from Pakistan.