From Protection to Predation Part I: When Self-Defense Forces “Go Bad”
By Steven T. Zech for Denver Dialogues Academic research on internal armed conflict focuses on violence perpetrated by…
Month: October 2015
18 posts
Weekly Links
By Patrick Pierson As Cote d’Ivoire prepares for elections, can recent economic success insulate the country from political…
Deciphering Putin’s Aims in Syria
By Lionel Beehner Madeleine Albright once called the United States the “indispensable nation.” Interestingly, that pretty much sums…
Combating Corruption and Violence: A Struggle for Accountability on Two Fronts
By Devin Finn for Denver Dialogues After years of fraud and deception, a president falls. The narrative of…
Weekly Links
By Patrick Pierson Angus Deaton, recent recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics, suggests that foreign aid might…
Why Haven’t We Seen a Third Palestinian Intifada (Or Are We)?
By Will H. Moore Last week, Foreign Affairs posted a podcast asking “Why Hasn’t there been a 3rd Intifada?”…
Bridging the Metonymic Gap: In Practice Rather Than in Parlance
By Cassy Dorff for Denver Dialogues The conversation on “bridging the gap” is a well-aged one to say…
Celebrating As One? #1325at15
Guest post by Louise Olsson and Theodora-Ismene Gizelis On October 13th, the Security Council will meet to hold its…
To Kill or Not to Kill: Ukrainians Opt for Nonviolent Civil Resistance
Guest post by Maciej Bartkowski and Alina Polyakova On September 3, the Ukrainian government adopted a new national defense strategy set on increasing…
Weekly Links
By Sarah Bakhtiari As the IMF meets in Peru, emerging markets are dominating the agenda. Why? Emerging markets…