Quote Originally Posted by ryanmleigh View Post
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I am looking for some assistance trying to differentiate between insurgencies and civil wars. I have already read most of the literature on the benchmarks necessary to meet the international standard for a civil war, I am more interested in what the community thinks about the differences between the two. Academic sources would be helpful, but I am just as inclined to read your opinions as well. I appreciate any assistance you all can provide.

See my answer in this post HERE. Should confuse matters. Bottom line there is no CLEAR way to cleanly separate insurgency from civil war, in an academic sense. The real answer looks more like a Venn diagram depending on when/where you want to assess your case.