Questions and Answers About Crimea and Secession
By Bridget Coggins After asking if commenters had questions about Crimea’s potential separation from Ukraine under its occupation by Russian military…
Irredentism Is Not the Only Inconsistent Thing in IR
By Steve Saideman I am shocked, shocked that countries may develop inconsistent policies as they react to separatism in…
Secession, Recognition, and Ukrainian Politics, Continued
By Bridget Coggins Yesterday we asked if anyone had questions about the issue of Crimean separation from Ukraine, under the Russian…
Friday Reverse Puzzler: Secession, Recognition, and Ukrainian Politics
By Bridget Coggins Many Fridays we take a single puzzling question on contemporary political violence and take a…
A Not-So-Bad Solution to Syria
By Barbara F. Walter One of the tragedies of the Syrian civil war is that there appear to…
Boarding Up Windows of Opportunity in Ukraine
By Andrew Kydd Is Ukraine destined for partition or even war? Powerful forces are driving the situation in that…
Power, Violence, and the Outcomes of National and Insurgent Movements
Guest post by Peter Krause Two of the most puzzling news stories to emerge from the Syrian uprising…
Group Emotions and Violence
Guest post by Brent Sasley Last month Rose McDermott wrote an important piece in these pages arguing that…
The Problem With Ukraine’s Transition to Democracy
Guest post by Julia Gray Research on the connection between prosperity and democracy suggests that democracy is unlikely to…
The Crisis in Crimea
By Taylor Marvin Many are deeming it Europe’s most serious security crisis since the dissolution of the USSR. Russia…