The Art of Rhetorical Traps in Civilian Self-Protection

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1 The traps differ from coercive diplomacy in not employing threats of force. They instead build cognitive or reputational tension that can be resolved through compliant actions.

2 https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cognitive_dissonance, accessed 6 September 2017.

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Oliver Kaplan

OLIVER KAPLAN, PhD in Political Science (Stanford University, 2010); Assistant Professor, University of Denver (2012–); current main research interests: civilian autonomy and protection in conflict settings, governance and non-state actors, ex-combatant reintegration. Author of Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves (Cambridge University Press, 2017).