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    It is not the case that 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.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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    • 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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