In the article Origins and persistence of state-sponsored militias: Path dependent processes in third world military development by Ariel I. Ahram

1) Look at the regression coefficient for the predictor, interstate war. How can we interpret this coefficient?

2) What is the direction of the relationship between terrain and paramilitarism? How do you know?

3) Based on the findings described by the author related to the quantitative part of the study, one-sentence summary of the findings.