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    Ingroup coordination by one ethnic group created a self-reinforcing cycle that compelled the opposing group to coordinate on assertive group identity, escalating mutual threat perception.

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    • 1.Each individually threatened Croat's or Tutsi's self-interest was best maximized by coordinating on assertive Croat or Tutsi group identity.
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    • 2.This assertive coordination by Croats or Tutsis further increased pressure on Serbs or Hutus to coordinate.
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    • 3.As both sides rallied for self-defense, each appeared progressively more threatening to the other.
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    • 1.Elite manipulation, not spontaneous coordination equilibria, drove ethnic mobilization in both Rwanda and Yugoslavia (Snyder, Kaufman).
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    • 2.If ethnic violence is elite-engineered rather than emergent from mass coordination games, the spiral model misattributes causal agency.
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    • 3.Treating ethnic groups as unified strategic actors obscures the coercive mechanisms leaders use to suppress intragroup defection.
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    • 1.Fearon and Laitin demonstrate that most ethnically diverse societies do not produce coordination spirals, falsifying the model's generalizability.
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    • 2.A mechanism that fails to explain the far more common outcome of non-violence cannot serve as the primary explanation for the rare cases of violence.
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    Escalation (in conflict)(as used in conflict resolution and international relations)
    When a disagreement or conflict gradually becomes more intense, hostile, or serious over time.
    Group identity(as what is generated through separation from mainstream society)
    A shared sense of belonging and common characteristics that makes members of a group feel connected to each other.
    Ingroup coordination(as used in social psychology and group behavior)
    When members of the same group work together deliberately to achieve shared goals or protect group interests.
    Self-reinforcing cycle(as used in systems and social dynamics)
    A pattern where an action causes a reaction that strengthens the original action, creating a loop that keeps getting more intense.
    Threat perception(as used in conflict studies and psychology)
    How much danger or risk a person or group believes they face from another person or group, whether or not that danger is real.

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    A mechanism that fails to explain the far more common outcome of non-violence ca...As both sides rallied for self-defense, each appeared progressively more threate...

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    According to Hardin, neither the Yugoslavian nor the Rwandan disasters were PDs to begin with. That is, in neither situation, on either side, did most people begin by preferring the destruction of the other to mutual cooperation. However, the deadly logic of coordination, deliberately abetted by self-serving politicians, dynamically created PDs. Some individual Serbs (Hutus) were encouraged to perceive their individual interests as best served through identification with Serbian (Hutu) group-int
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    Both sides eventually perceived preemptive attack as imperative.
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    Elite manipulation, not spontaneous coordination equilibria, drove ethnic mobili...Fearon and Laitin demonstrate that most ethnically diverse societies do not prod...If ethnic violence is elite-engineered rather than emergent from mass coordinati...This assertive coordination by Croats or Tutsis further increased pressure on Se...Treating ethnic groups as unified strategic actors obscures the coercive mechani...

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