Disentangling Strategic and Opportunistic Looting: The Relationship between Antiquities Looting and Armed Conflict in Egypt

Document Outline

• Introduction 
  • Strategic and Opportunistic Looting in Armed Conflict 
    • Strategic Antiquities Looting in Armed Conflict 
    • Opportunistic Antiquities Looting in Armed Conflict 
  • Egypt as a Case Study 
    • Egypt’s Cultural Heritage 
    • A Brief History of Armed Conflict in Egypt 
    • Reports of Antiquities Looting in Egypt 
• Materials and Methods 
  • Time Series Data on Antiquities Looting, Armed Conflict, and Regime Changes in Egypt 
  • Methodology 
• Results 
  • Descriptive Statistics 
  • Hypothesis 1: Antiquities Looting and Armed Conflict are Positively Related 
  • Hypothesis 2: Strategic Antiquities Looting in Armed Conflict 
  • Hypothesis 3: Opportunistic Antiquities Looting in Armed Conflict 
  • The Effect of Regime Changes on Antiquities Looting and Armed Conflict 
• Discussion 
  • Limitations 
  • Future Directions 
• Conclusions 
• • Antiquities Looting Data Collection and Coding Strategy 
• References