Is War Too Important to be Left to Social Scientists?
By Lionel Beehner Is war a science? I don’t ask that to be flippant, since most of this…
PVG’s 2013
By Taylor Marvin 2013 was the first full year for Political Violence @ a Glance, and over the past year some…
How John Kerry’s Framework Will Make a Palestinian Wedding Singer a Significant Threat to Peace
By Allison Beth Hodgkins When US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Jerusalem last week, Benjamin Netanyahu…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin In a high-profile blow, last Friday al Qaeda-affiliated forces seized the city of Fallujah, the site of…
The World’s Newest War in the World’s Newest State
By Tanisha Fazal The ongoing conflict in South Sudan has quickly escalated into civil war. With President Salva…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin Two suicide bombings in less than 24 hours shocked the Russian city of Volgograd this week.…
Do You Hear What I Hear?*: Kim Jong-un’s DPRK and the Problem with Signals
By Bridget Coggins What does it mean when a regime executes its own elites? What information does it…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin Violence appears to be increasing in South Sudan, with many fearing civil war. Sparked by the…
How the Replication Debate Applies to Terrorism Studies
Guest post by Peter Henne and Patrick James The replication debate currently underway in the scientific community is…
Why Such Sparse Coverage of Africa’s Wars?
By Barbara F. Walter Over the past two+ years, the war in Syria has dominated policy debates and newspaper…