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Investigating the links between civil war, peace and foreign direct investment: a case study of Sri Lanka’s tourism sector (2024)
Journal Article
Maher, D. (2024). Investigating the links between civil war, peace and foreign direct investment: a case study of Sri Lanka’s tourism sector. Peacebuilding, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2024.2392397

It is often assumed that civil wars impede foreign direct investment (FDI). Peace is therefore typically considered important for countries to attract FDI. However, scholarly evidence is inconsistent and has uncovered a complicated relationship betwe... Read More about Investigating the links between civil war, peace and foreign direct investment: a case study of Sri Lanka’s tourism sector.

Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan (2022)
Journal Article
Maher, D. (2023). Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan. Review of International Political Economy, 30(4), 1510-1534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2022.2107045

It is typically argued that civil war acutely inhibits inward flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the evidence is inconsistent and does not support the assumed negative relationship between civil war and FDI. Some studies suggest that... Read More about Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan.

Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation (2020)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Pieper, M. (2021). Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation. Political Studies, 69(4), 944-964. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321720934637

Interpretations of Russia’s military intervention in Syria overwhelmingly focus on Russia’s
political motivations. An alternative view foregrounds Russia’s economic motivations, namely,
the construction of a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline traver... Read More about Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation.

A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia (2018)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Thomson, A. (2018). A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, 39(11), 2142-2172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1508992

This article provides an investigation into claims that paramilitary violence in Colombia can pose a threat to the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. These claims highlight the capacity for paramilita... Read More about A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia.

The fatal attraction of civil war economies: foreign direct investment and political violence. A case study of Colombia (2015)
Journal Article
Maher, D. (2015). The fatal attraction of civil war economies: foreign direct investment and political violence. A case study of Colombia. International Studies Review, 17(2), 217-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/misr.12218

Civil war acutely inhibits economic growth, according to a prominent set of civil war literature. However, recent scholarship observes that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), considered a central vehicle of growth, is entering countries with internal a... Read More about The fatal attraction of civil war economies: foreign direct investment and political violence. A case study of Colombia.

Rooted in violence: civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia (2014)
Journal Article
Maher, D. (2015). Rooted in violence: civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia. New Political Economy, 20(2), 299-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2014.923825

Internal armed conflict severely inhibits economic growth according to a prominent set of civil war literature. Similarly, emerging scholarship finds that civil war inhibits processes of economic globalisation which are argued to produce economic gro... Read More about Rooted in violence: civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia.

The terror that underpins the ‘peace’: The political economy of Colombia’s paramilitary demobilisation process (2011)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Thomson, A. (2011). The terror that underpins the ‘peace’: The political economy of Colombia’s paramilitary demobilisation process. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 4(1), 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2011.553391

Studies on terrorism have traditionally focused on non-state actors who direct violence against liberal states. Such studies have also tended to focus on political motivations and, therefore, have neglected the economic functions of terrorism. This a... Read More about The terror that underpins the ‘peace’: The political economy of Colombia’s paramilitary demobilisation process.