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| Shadow states and the political economy of civil wars W Reno Greed and grievance: Economic agendas in civil wars, 43-68, 2000 | 415 | 2000 |
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| The politics of insurgency in collapsing states W Reno Development and Change 33 (5), 837-858, 2002 | 206 | 2002 |
| African weak states and commercial alliances W Reno African Affairs 96 (383), 165-186, 1997 | 176 | 1997 |
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| Reinvention of an African patrimonial state: Charles Taylor's Liberia W Reno Third World Quarterly 16 (1), 109-120, 1995 | 167 | 1995 |
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| Political networks in a failing stage the roots and future of violent conflict in sierra leone W Reno Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 44-66, 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| Uganda's politics of war and debt relief W Reno Review of International Political Economy 9 (3), 415-435, 2002 | 86 | 2002 |
| Congo: From state collapseto ‘absolutism’, to state failure W Reno Third World Quarterly 27 (1), 43-56, 2006 | 82 | 2006 |
| Somalia and Survival in the Shadow of the Global Economy W Reno Somaliland Cyberspace, 2003 | 81 | 2003 |
| The business of war in Liberia W Reno Current History 95 (601), 211, 1996 | 76 | 1996 |
| Privatizing War in Sierra Leone W Reno Current History 96 (610), 227, 1997 | 69 | 1997 |
| Foreign firms and the financing of Charles Taylor's NPFL WSK Reno Liberian Studies Journal 28 (2), 175-188, 1993 | 68 | 1993 |
| Ironies of post‐cold war structural adjustment in Sierra Leone W Reno Review of African Political Economy 23 (67), 7-18, 1996 | 67 | 1996 |
| The politics of violent opposition in collapsing states W Reno Government and opposition 40 (2), 127-151, 2005 | 64 | 2005 |
| Order and commerce in turbulent areas: 19th century lessons, 21st century practice W Reno Third World Quarterly 25 (4), 607-625, 2004 | 63 | 2004 |