Islam, Religiosity, Politics, and Support for Anti-US Violent Extremism in the Arab World
Guest post by James A. Piazza Islam is routinely depicted as a violent religion in US political discourse and…
Month: September 2015
23 posts
Colombia: Never Again?
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues With the historic accord on transitional justice announced by Colombian and FARC…
Insurgent Defection in Civil War: Lessons from Colombia for Combating ISIS
Guest post by Ben Oppenheim, Abbey Steele, Juan F. Vargas, and Michael Weintraub The Islamic State of Iraq…
Weekly Links
By Patrick Pierson At Friday’s news conference, Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared, “Confrontation and friction are not the right choice.”…
Enough with the Pessimism about Peacekeeping
By Page Fortna The recent story from the New York Times about United Nations peacekeeping is typical of…
The Policy Prescriptions of Pope Francis
By Barbara F. Walter Pope Francis has spoken surprisingly little about political violence. What he has said, however,…
The Problem with the Problem of Bridging the Gap
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Adam Elkus’ “The Problem of Bridging the Gap” has generated some heat…
Non-violent Resistance and Double Repression
Guest post by Jacob Høigilt January 12, 2013: Israeli armed forces dismantle a peaceful Palestinian sit-in in the West…
Weekly Links
By Sarah Bakhtiari They’re calling it a game-changer; that is, competency-based education. Will the academy shift along with…
Torgau, Syria?
By Andrew Kydd There is whole lot of fretting going on over Russia’s move to supply the Assad…