@ProfLupton I’m really excited about a paper that I’m working on with my co-author, Eric Keels, exploring how rebel battlefield gains in civil wars shape both where and when governments target civilians with violence.

@michaelgreig what’s the main finding?

@ProfLupton Govt killing of civilians is jointly connected to where fighting with rebels is occurring and the social characteristics of the location. Govts target civilians in locations where there are politically excluded groups and low levels of rebel fighting. The effect reverses in those same locations when rebel fighting increases in those places.