Civil Conflict, State Capacity & Peace
About This Article This essay explores the impact of state capacity on maintaining peace after civil conflict. This was essay was originally submitted in 2018 as a coursework essay by Nathan Linton, whilst studying a Masters of International Development Practice at Monash University. Nathan was recently the Head of Impact at Oaktree, Australia’s largest youth-led international aid & development organisation. You can find out more about Nathan here. Overview Civil war is the now the predominant form of armed conflict across the world. Paris (2004, p.1) explains that ‘the incidence of civil war has increased substantially over the past 40 years’ with ‘civil wars…account[ing] for 94… Read More »Civil Conflict, State Capacity & Peace