Why I Don't Study Arms Races
By Steve Saideman Time to unpack a tweet just a bit: Always fun to watch the security dilemma…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin Violence in the Central African Republic continues, prompting fears that much of the country’s Muslim minority…
Message in a Barrel
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In its ongoing assaults on rebel strongholds, since mid-December the Syrian military has been making…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Conflict Spillover
Guest post by Idean Salehyan and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch The Syrian refugee crisis has been heartbreaking to watch. According to…
The UN’s Surprisingly Tough Stance on the Vatican
By Barbara F. Walter On Wednesday the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a scathing…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin In Syria, this week al-Qaeda severed ties with former affiliate ISIS. Aryn Baker links the split to…
Skiing as a Counter-terrorism Policy
By Oliver Kaplan As we approach the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, both winter sports and terrorism…
OAIS Awards Voting Ends Soon!
By Taylor Marvin It is the final voting stretch in the 2014 Online Achievements in International Studies (OAIS) Awards,…
Football, Beer, and Human Trafficking: Just Another American Sunday
Guest post by Davina P. Durgana There has been a lot of recent attention in the media regarding the…
Some People Just Like to Fight
Guest post by Rose McDermott There’s a dirty little secret that academics don’t like to talk about but explains…