Civil Conflict Intervention: The Dividend of Economic Ties?
Guest post by Szymon M. Stojek and Mwita Chacha Domestic armed conflicts have emerged as the most common,…
Weekly Links
By Danny Hirschel-Burns While it may be tempting to see Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as a cartoonish, all-powerful…
Friday Puzzler: Why No Coups in Saudi Arabia?
By Barbara F. Walter I had the pleasure of having lunch in D.C. on Wednesday with a bunch of extremely…
Militant Proliferation and the Consequences of Fragmentation
Guest post by Evan Perkoski Contemporary irregular conflicts often share a common feature: they are fragmented. States are…
Bread, Circuses, and Other Political Lessons We Should (Not) Have Learned From the Romans
Guest post by Joseph Weinberg In a recently published article, Ryan Baker and I made an argument about…
Nonviolence Means Less Abuse
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues Did you hear about the scandal involving nonviolent accompaniers who sexually abused…
Joe Public v. Sue Scholar: Support for the Use of Force
Guest post by Michael C. Horowitz and Idean Salehyan In a democracy, public opinion matters. This is especially…
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By Sarah Bakhtiari Nigeria’s security forces contend not only with the Boko Haram insurgency, but also with rural…
ISIS, Ideology, and the Illicit Drug Economy
Guest post by Eric W. Schoon Reports have emerged alleging that the Islamic State is funding their efforts…
Strong Medicine or Weak Placebo?: The Debate over Putin’s Foreign Policies
Guest post by Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness Paper Tiger Putin Folds Back in March 2015, Ryan Maness…