Civil Wars at 25: Introduction to the Silver Anniversary Special Issue

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Acknowledgements

A very special thanks to all of the contributors to the Special Issue, and especially the Civil Wars team for helping us pull this off. We all knew that bringing this Special Issue together in such a short space of time was going to be a real challenge - it has certainly been that and sometimes more. We are very grateful to Rebecca and Daniel for doing such a sterling job with getting the reviews together and drumming up contributions. Particular thanks though go to Megghi whose deep engagement, absolute commitment and many, many skills have been key to enabling us to get to the finishing line!

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Notes on contributors

James Worrall

James Worrall is Associate Professor in International Relations and Middle East Studies in the School of Politics & International Studies at the University of Leeds. The thematic focus of his work explores Western relations with the Arab World, Gulf Politics, Society and Security, Regional International Organisations, Counterinsurgency, Localised Order(s) in Civil Wars, Post Conflict Reconstruction (especially Security Sector Reform), as well as Regime Stability and Legitimacy in non-democratic states. He has published widely on these themes in journals such as International Migration Review, Third World Quarterly, Middle Eastern Studies, Small Wars & Insurgencies, Global Policy, and Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. He is Co-Editor of Civil Wars.

Alex Waterman

Alex Waterman is outgoing Research Fellow (India/Asia) at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg and incoming Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, in the Department of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford, UK. His research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Global Security Studies, International Peacekeeping, Asian Security, Civil Wars and Small Wars & Insurgencies. While in 2020 his doctoral research won the Global Policy North Outstanding Thesis Prize. He has held visiting affiliations with the Modern War Institute at West Point, the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MPIDSA) and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He is Co-Editor of Civil Wars.