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    • Civil War
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Will the Afghan Peace Talks Succeed?

  • September 18, 2020
By Aila M. Matanock Last Saturday saw Afghan factions come together in Doha for peace talks. The Taliban,…
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Art Is a Doorway to Understanding Conflict

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  • September 15, 2020
Anyone who has sat and stared at the vast masterpiece that is Picasso’s Guernica understands that art—painting, music,…
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Scattered Cities: Why Low Urban Concentration Makes Civil War A (Very) Remote Possibility in the US

  • ByMichael Weintraub
  • September 14, 2020
By permanent contributor Michael Weintraub, Megan Stewart, and Dani Nedal When we published a paper in the Journal…
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Civil Society to the Rescue?

  • ByEvan Perkoski and Erica Chenoweth
  • September 10, 2020
By Evan Perkoski and Erica Chenoweth Widespread pro-democracy protests have engulfed Belarus over claims that the recent presidential…
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Photo by Hosein Charbaghi on Unsplash.
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Remember This? The Assassination of Qassem Soleimani

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  • September 4, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with domestic unrest in America and the looming US presidential election, have eclipsed other…
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The Big Lesson of Peacekeeping in Sudan: Beware of Host-Country Obstruction

  • ByAllard Duursma
  • September 3, 2020
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
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News of A Kidnapping

  • ByDanielle Gilbert
  • September 2, 2020
Guest post by Danielle Gilbert In late January, an American named Mark Frerichs was kidnapped in Afghanistan. Like…
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The Two Faces of Kurdistan: Nationalism Vs Communalism

  • BySam Biasi and Peter Krause
  • August 20, 2020
By guest contributor Sam Biasi and permanent contributor Peter Krause In September 2017, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)…
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Governance Failures, Vigilantism, and its Dangers

  • ByPhillip R. Davis
  • August 12, 2020
Guest post by Phillip Davis The murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia resident, by two private citizens…
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Questions on Torture with Joe Young

  • ByJoe Young
  • August 10, 2020
In this interview, Joe Young talks about his new book, Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use…
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How Can We Know When Popular Movements Are Winning?

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  • August 7, 2020
In 2016, Erica Chenoweth wrote this piece on the four trends that predict the eventual success of popular…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

Editor’s Picks
  • Trends in Militarized Policing: New Data and Puzzles
    • July 23, 2020
  • Preparing for a November Surprise
    • July 21, 2020
  • Civil-Military Relations Are Broken
    • June 3, 2020
  • Is COVID-19 “Shrinking” the State?
    • May 11, 2020
  • The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressing at the public meeting, at Botad, in Gujarat. Photo courtesy of PIB India.
    India’s Citizenship Policies Find Parallels in Neighboring Myanmar
    • March 19, 2020
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Political Violence at a Glance
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Political Violence @ a Glance is an online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara Walter and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Political Violence @ A Glance is supported by the UC Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation, a University of California think tank specializing in research, training, and policy engagement around issues related to international security, economic development, political violence and its antecedents, and peace building.