Looking for Strategy Among the Gun Nuts
By Andrew Kydd The gun control debate reignited by the Sandy Hook school shootings has highlighted some interesting…
Month: January 2013
11 posts
The Great Drug Bust
By Oliver Kaplan and Jacob Shapiro One of the main policies pursued in the war on drugs has…
Friday Puzzler: Why Are Most Online Courses Taught By Men?
By Barbara F. Walter Lisa Martin and I have an op-ed in today’s LA Times about the explosion…
Is the International Criminal Court Following the Flag in Mali?
By Leslie Vinjamuri Only five days after the French launched a military attack on Islamic militants in Mali’s Northern…
You Cannot Forget What You Do Not Know: Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
By Will H. Moore Today in the United States we have a federal holiday not due to the…
Another French Military Intervention in Africa
By David E. Cunningham For the last several days, French forces have used military force to support the…
Gun Control for Rebels
By Oliver Kaplan In the most recent cinematic installment of James Bond, Skyfall, Bond’s hunt for the bad…
Sins of the Father
By Joseph Young In social science, there aren’t really laws like gravity. There are always exceptions. Most theories…
Why Syria’s 60,000 Deaths Should Not Shock Us
Guest post by Lionel Beehner The United Nations has reported that the conflict in Syria has exceeded 60,000 fatalities,…
Friday Puzzler: Why Has Hamas Never Targeted the United States with Violence?
By Barbara F. Walter For decades Hamas has been engaged in a battle with Israel over territory and Israel’s very…