Read More The Escalatory Nature of Violence in Undermining (American) DemocracyJanuary 20, 2021 By Joe Young In the wake of violent riots, today the United States inaugurates the 46th president of… Read More 1 0 0
Read More An Illustrated Glossary of Political ViolenceJanuary 18, 2021 By Emily Hencken Ritter and Christian Davenport. Art by Sequential Potential. On January 6, 2020, a pro-Trump mob… Read More 35 0 0
Read More Election in PeruNovember 23, 2020 Last Tuesday, Peru swore in its third president in just over a week. Large protests against government corruption… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Nigerians and Americans Are Protesting Police Violence, But They Have Different Demands. Here’s WhyNovember 16, 2020 Guest post by Megan Turnbull Police brutality is an entrenched problem in Nigeria and the US, and 2020… Read More 6 0 0
Read More Contention—and Its Alternatives—During and After the American ElectionOctober 30, 2020 It’s been an election season unlike any other. Voter turnout is so far at an all-time high, and… Read More 13 0 0
Read More Nobody Wins with Violence Around ElectionsOctober 26, 2020 Guest post by Pearce Edwards and Patrick Pierson. With less than two weeks to go until Election Day… Read More 0 0 0
Read More election in BoliviaOctober 20, 2020 It’s been more than ten months since Evo Morales resigned as president of Bolivia, in what some called… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Will Côte d’Ivoire’s Presidential Election Turn Violent?October 15, 2020 Guest post by Sebastian van Baalen and Jesper Bjarnesen Ivorians head to the polls on October 31, in… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Contentious Politics in the US: Grievance and Political OpportunitySeptember 29, 2020 Guest post by Karin Dyrstad and Solveig Hillesund Is the US heading towards widespread political violence—or even a… Read More 4 0 0
Read More Scattered Cities: Why Low Urban Concentration Makes Civil War A (Very) Remote Possibility in the USSeptember 14, 2020 By permanent contributor Michael Weintraub, Megan Stewart, and Dani Nedal When we published a paper in the Journal… Read More 8 0 0