Read More Friday Puzzler: Why No Coups in Saudi Arabia?July 31, 2015 By Barbara F. Walter I had the pleasure of having lunch in D.C. on Wednesday with a bunch of extremely… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Militant Proliferation and the Consequences of FragmentationJuly 30, 2015 Guest post by Evan Perkoski Contemporary irregular conflicts often share a common feature: they are fragmented. States are… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Bread, Circuses, and Other Political Lessons We Should (Not) Have Learned From the RomansJuly 29, 2015 Guest post by Joseph Weinberg In a recently published article, Ryan Baker and I made an argument about… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Nonviolence Means Less AbuseJuly 28, 2015 By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues Did you hear about the scandal involving nonviolent accompaniers who sexually abused… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Joe Public v. Sue Scholar: Support for the Use of ForceJuly 27, 2015 Guest post by Michael C. Horowitz and Idean Salehyan In a democracy, public opinion matters. This is especially… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Weekly LinksJuly 26, 2015 By Sarah Bakhtiari Nigeria’s security forces contend not only with the Boko Haram insurgency, but also with rural… Read More 0 0 0
Read More ISIS, Ideology, and the Illicit Drug EconomyJuly 24, 2015 Guest post by Eric W. Schoon Reports have emerged alleging that the Islamic State is funding their efforts… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Strong Medicine or Weak Placebo?: The Debate over Putin’s Foreign PoliciesJuly 23, 2015 Guest post by Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness Paper Tiger Putin Folds Back in March 2015, Ryan Maness… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Militias in Syria & Iraq: A Blessing in Disguise?July 22, 2015 By Barbara F. Walter Pro-government militias are proliferating in the civil wars in Syria and Iraq and this… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Does Democracy Constrain Rulers or Pacify Dissidents?July 21, 2015 By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues After two decades of slow but consistent progress toward more democratic governance,… Read More 0 0 0