Friday Puzzler: Why Spend on Civil Resistance Abroad?
Guest post by Scott Wisor A recent post by Erica Chenoweth explores why it is that governments like…
Month: February 2015
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Weekly Links
By Danny Hirschel-Burns Christopher de Bellaigue argues that those calling for a Muslim Enlightenment are missing Islam’s long…
Why is DAESH (Islamic State) Executing via Decapitation?
By Will H. Moore “If it bleeds, it leads.” Armstrong Williams. Roger MacGinty recently visited the US, and…
PVG at the Duckies
By Danny Hirschel-Burns It was a good night at the Duckies last Thursday for PVGlance. Erica Chenoweth won…
Weekly Links
By Sarah Bakhtiari Europe experienced its share of turmoil this week, with an attack in Copenhagen by a…
Bargaining Theory and Domestic Violence
By Barbara F. Walter Domestic violence produces significantly higher costs to society than murders and civil wars, at…
Weekly Links
By Danny Hirschel-Burns ISIS has clandestinely expanded its court system in Lebanon, which begs the question: is the…
What The Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Tell Us About Soft Diplomatic Deadlines
Guest post by Matthew Cebul The Iranian nuclear negotiations and the U.S. sanctions regime are a perennial hot…
Data Challenges in Conflict Research
Guest post by Idean Salehyan and Henrik Urdal Quality data is at the heart of quality research. The…
Martyr #2475
By Allison Beth Hodgkins One of the things I hate about social media is that sometimes you refresh…