Protest and the Outsourcing of State Repression
Guest post by Anita Gohdes and Sabine Carey Images capturing the protests in Kiev last week, and now…
Month: February 2014
19 posts
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin The political situation in Ukraine dramatically shifted this weekend, with President Viktor Yanukovych leaving Kiev and…
TV and Political Violence
By Joseph Young I think we are in a (the) golden age of cutting edge TV.[1] HBO, Showtime,…
Raining on the Parade: Some Cautions Regarding the Global Database of Events, Language and Tone Dataset
Guest post by Nicholas Weller and Kenneth McCubbins The Global Database of Events, Language and Tone, or GDELT,…
What Have We Wrought?
By Steve Saideman The ISA mess is the gift that keeps on giving. Last weekend Nicholas Kristof authored a…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin As the Pakistani Taliban gains strength, a Washington Post report from earlier this month chronicled Karachi residents living in…
Don’t Worry Sochi, the Biathletes Have Your Back!
By Kyleanne Hunter and Oliver Kaplan The Opening Ceremonies of Olympic Winter games in Sochi went off without…
A Note on Academic (Ir)relevance
By Erica Chenoweth Nicholas Kristof’s Sunday op-ed generated a lot of buzz among political scientists because he called…
Why I Don't Study Arms Races
By Steve Saideman Time to unpack a tweet just a bit: Always fun to watch the security dilemma…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin Violence in the Central African Republic continues, prompting fears that much of the country’s Muslim minority…