Read More The King is Dead. Long Live the King.January 30, 2015 By Bridget Coggins Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died last Friday. Salman bin Abdulaziz has been the Crown Prince… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Divining Divisions in Egypt’s Deep StateJanuary 27, 2015 Guest post by Scott Williamson Several leaked conversations have been causing embarrassment for the regime of Egyptian President… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Yemen is Even More Dangerous Than We ThinkJanuary 26, 2015 By Barbara F. Walter and Kenneth M. Pollack People think Yemen is dangerous to United States because of… Read More 0 0 0
Read More How Repression of Nonviolent Dissidents Backfired on Mexico’s “Imperial Couple”January 20, 2015 Guest post by Gina Lei Miller On September 26, 2014, student protesters from the Ayotzinapa teacher’s college were attacked… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Does Conflict Correlate with Better Cuisine?January 20, 2015 By Lionel Beehner Food has always been a potent symbol of international politics. Images of Soviet-era bread lines… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Who’s Afraid of “Waging Nonviolence”?January 16, 2015 By Erica Chenoweth Since at least 2011, the Chinese government has censored numerous websites on the topic of… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Past and Present in France: Don’t Give Them What They WantJanuary 12, 2015 Guest post by Aliza Luft On November 7th, 1938, Herschel Grynszpan shot and killed German diplomat Ernst vom… Read More 0 0 0
Read More How Not To Respond to the Charlie Hebdo AttacksJanuary 8, 2015 By Barbara F. Walter Let’s be clear. The main goal of the three gunmen who attacked Charlie Hebdo yesterday was… Read More 0 0 0
Read More How Religious Competition is Fueling Electoral Violence in Sri LankaJanuary 7, 2015 Guest post by Matthew Isaacs This Thursday Sri Lanka’s voters will go to the polls to determine the… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Friday Puzzler: The Mystery of the Un-Recovered Nigerian GirlsJanuary 2, 2015 By Barbara F. Walter Today’s puzzler is short and sweet: How is it possible that no government, including… Read More 0 0 0