Friday Puzzler: Why No Violence In Kenya?, Answered
By Taylor Marvin Last week we asked why Kenya’s recent general election was peaceful, in contrast to the…
Month: March 2013
11 posts
Exploring Military Xenophobia
Note: The Friday Puzzler will return next week. By Taylor Marvin In early February amateur video showing Chilean…
Mything Iraq: Ten Years And Little Learning
By Steve Saideman With the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq there has been and will be…
Friday Puzzler: Why No Violence In Kenya?
By Barbara F. Walter Last week a couple of my colleagues left with some trepidation for Kenya to monitor…
Will Charges and a Trial Follow? International Humanitarian Law and the “Wolf Brigade”
By Will H. Moore Back in fall of 2010, after US Private Bradley Manning passed classified US Army…
Keep Calm, Korean
By Andrew Kydd South Korea recently announced that it would target the North Korean “command leadership” in response…
Movies About Political Violence to Watch… and a Few You Shouldn’t
By Joe Young I recently reviewed a paper that explained how to structure an International Relations course through…
Friday Puzzler: Why Threaten the US with Nuclear Attack?
By Barbara F. Walter Today’s puzzler is simple: Why would Kim Jong Un think it was a good idea…
The Decline of Violence in Africa
By David E. Cunningham This week’s (March 2nd-8th) issue of The Economist has a 14-page special feature on…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth Why would Syrian rebels abduct UN peacekeepers stationed in the Golan Heights? Here are two…