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  • 9 - De-Escalation

  • Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Universiteit Leiden
  • Book:
    Rebels and Conflict Escalation
    Published online:
    01 July 2021
    Print publication:
    10 June 2021, pp 174-188

  • Summary

    In chapter nine the focus is entirely on de-escalation, which compared to the discussion about escalation, is rather under-theorised presently. The starting point form the Cold War ideas on how conflict is supposed to de-escalate, followed by a treatment of the literature on the restraints of terrorism and insurgency whether self-imposed or not. Two hypotheses related to de-escalation are formulated based on the literature about de-legitimation and norm convergence and about an inability shift to continue the conflict, in the shape of a loss of foreign support and defection. The vignette in this chapter is the Chechen independence movement.