How Patterns of Territorial Control Explain Mass Killings in Syria and Iraq (and in Bosnia)
Guest post by Jessica Di Salvatore. On January 16th, the Islamic State abducted 400 civilians and killed dozens after…
Month: February 2016
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Weekly Links
By Patrick Pierson. Recent airstrikes in Libya underscore the increasing importance of countering the emergence of the Islamic…
Understanding Military (Non)Support in the Wake of Constitutional Coups
By Kara Kingma Neu and Deborah Avant. Scholars of democratization in Africa have witnessed a troubling trend: an…
Federal Syria: It’s Time to Recognize Reality
Guest post by Eric Kaufmann. President Obama’s next major foreign-policy task is to move all parties toward a…
Will Iraqi Kurds Go It Alone?
Guest post by Ariel I. Ahram. The Islamic State has gained the most attention for its bid to destroy…
Why Engagement Can’t Wait—Walt on Tenure and Bridging the Gap
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Stephen Walt’s “How to Get Tenure” piece over at Foreign Policy should…
What Happens When Peacekeepers Come Home (Spoiler: No One Really Knows)?
Guest post by Jonathan D. Caverley and Jesse Dillon Savage. In November last year, President Obama announced a plan…
Weekly Links
By Sarah Bakhtiari This week, Iran begins the process to popularly elect their next parliament—the Islamic Consultative Assembly,…
Broadening the Conversation: From Research Transparency to a Politics of Knowledge Building
By Devin Finn for Denver Dialogues In a recent seminar at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies,…
Defeating ISIS in Egypt Won’t Reduce Violence
Guest post by Stephanie Dornschneider. Giulio Regeni was a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge. He conducted…