TRANSCENDING THE INTER-INTRA. THEORETICAL INQUIRY INTO CIVIL WAR AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA CASE

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"For scholars of Venezuela and Colombia the transnational dimensions of the Colombian armed con ictare an evident andhardly new fact. In the international literature in the  elds of Con ict Studies and InternationalRelations, however, some ofthe aspects of how Colombia’s internal con ict have affected the bilateral relations between Bogotaand Caracas are hardlyconsidered. In this paper we argue that the dominant orthodoxy that distinguishes between internal and external con ictstands in the way of a comprehensive understanding of how armed con ict within states can affect disputes among states.We provide a review of existing studies on internal strife and inter-state con ict, and identify the main factors they havesingled out as connecting both dimensions. These factors are evaluated in light of the Colombo-Venezuelan crises between2006-2010. We propose that a model transcending the inter-intra divide needs to analyze factors against the backdrop of tworelevant conditions, namely state capacity and international rivalry. The paper concludes with a reection on the way futureresearch could take."