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      ‘Wars of others’: national cleavages and attitudes toward external conflicts

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      Author(s)
      Tokdemir, Efe
      Akçınaroğlu, S.
      Özen, H. E.
      Karakoç, E.
      Date
      2020
      Source Title
      International Interactions
      Print ISSN
      0305-0629
      Publisher
      Taylor and Francis
      Volume
      46
      Issue
      6
      Pages
      953 - 986
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Why do individuals sympathize with others’ wars, an antecedent of the decision to become a foreign fighter? By collecting original public opinion data from Lebanon, in 2015, and Turkey in 2017, about the actors of conflict in Syria, we test the argument that an ethno-religious cleavage at home shapes the proclivity of individuals to support others’ wars. Individuals may perceive a war abroad as endangering political and social balance of power at home – and hence own survival. Therefore, when transnational identities map onto a national cleavage, as in the Sunni–Shia cleavage in Lebanon, and Turk – Kurd cleavage in Turkey, individuals are more disposed to show sympathy for others’ wars both to help their kin and to protect the balance of power at home. Our findings imply that efforts to end the trend toward citizens becoming foreign fighters must start at home by mending the relations between ethnic and religious groups.
      Keywords
      Civil war
      Transnational identity
      Public support
      Middle East
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/75406
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      https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2020.1792898
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