Stoll, Richard J.2013-10-232013-10-232010Stoll, Richard J.. "Civil Engineering : Does a Realist World Influence the Onset of Civil Wars?." <i>Simulation Gaming,</i> 42, no. 6 (2010) Sage: 748-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878109341765.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/72232Recently, the study of civil wars has attracted more and more attention from scholars of international relations. Using a computer simulation called EARTH (Exploring Alternative Realpolitik THeses) that not only simulates a realist world, but also includes civil wars, the author explores what aspects of a realist world are associated with the onset of civil war. Although features of a realist world are not the dominate factors in accounting for civil wars, the loss of territory that accompanies losing interstate wars does influence the chances of states undergoing civil war.engThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage.Journal articleagent-based simulationcivil warcomputer simulationdefensive realismEARTHempiresimages of realisminternal conflictinterstate warintrastate warmultiagent modelsmultistate systemneorealismoffensive realismrealismrealist literaturesecurity dilemmastate survivalstate systemterritoryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878109341765