How Repression of Nonviolent Dissidents Backfired on Mexico’s “Imperial Couple”
Guest post by Gina Lei Miller On September 26, 2014, student protesters from the Ayotzinapa teacher’s college were attacked…
Does Conflict Correlate with Better Cuisine?
By Lionel Beehner Food has always been a potent symbol of international politics. Images of Soviet-era bread lines…
Who’s Afraid of “Waging Nonviolence”?
By Erica Chenoweth Since at least 2011, the Chinese government has censored numerous websites on the topic of…
Past and Present in France: Don’t Give Them What They Want
Guest post by Aliza Luft On November 7th, 1938, Herschel Grynszpan shot and killed German diplomat Ernst vom…
How Not To Respond to the Charlie Hebdo Attacks
By Barbara F. Walter Let’s be clear. The main goal of the three gunmen who attacked Charlie Hebdo yesterday was…
How Religious Competition is Fueling Electoral Violence in Sri Lanka
Guest post by Matthew Isaacs This Thursday Sri Lanka’s voters will go to the polls to determine the…
Friday Puzzler: The Mystery of the Un-Recovered Nigerian Girls
By Barbara F. Walter Today’s puzzler is short and sweet: How is it possible that no government, including…
Nonviolent Conflicts in 2014 You May Have Missed Because They Were Not Violent
By Erica Chenoweth Last week, Steven Pinker and Andy Mack wrote an article reassuring Slate readers that the…
Looking Back on 2014
By Danny Hirschel-Burns It’s been another great year for Political Violence @ a Glance. We won the International…
Senate Report on Torture Seems Unlikely to Lead to Greater Accountability
By Leslie Vinjamuri The executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture, released…