Does Torture Work?
Guest post by Christopher Sullivan More precisely, does committing torture enable state forces to limit subsequent acts of violence?…
Puzzling Patterns in Election Participation
By Barbara F. Walter Last Saturday, Afghanistan held its first presidential election since 2009. A surprisingly large number…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin A video imagining a future where Russian freedom fighters battle a fascist, expansionary, and — ludicrously…
Rwanda, Remembrance and Research: Or, How Rwandan Violence Taught Me to Embrace Subnational/Disaggregated Conflict Studies and Integral Conflict Research
By Christian Davenport Fourteen years ago I began a journey to understand the political violence that took place in…
Not Just Victims and Perpetrators: Understanding Rwanda’s Genocide, Twenty Years-On
Guest post by Aliza Luft One day about twenty years ago, a Hutu soldier in Rwanda accepted twenty-five dollars…
Geographical Ignorance and Americans’ Views on Ukraine
By Will H. Moore Yesterday at the Monkey Cage we learned that the worse Americans were at “pinning…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin This week marked the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Brazilian military coup. The coup remains divisive…
Searching for Trends: Analyzing Patterns in Conflict Violence Data
Guest post by Megan Price and Anita Gohdes With the publishing of GDELT[1] there has been an exciting…
Mass Death Sentences Reflect Egypt’s Eliminationist Strategy
Guest post by Mohamad Elmasry Last Monday’s mass death sentences against 529 Egyptian civilians accused of killing a single…
Another ISA, Another (Two!) Award(s): A Grateful Shout-Out to our Amazing Contributors and Our Generous Fans
By Erica Chenoweth and Barbara F. Walter Political Violence @ a Glance was twice honored at the OAIS Blogging…