Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin On foreign fighters in Syria: Why is the war in Syria attracting so many volunteers? “It’s so…
Facebook Status: Recognized But It’s Complicated
By Steve Saideman Facebook has granted Kosovo recognition as an independent country. This puts Facebook behind the United…
New Nonviolence Article, New Journal!
By Oliver Kaplan Do you remember the movie Tombstone? Where Wyatt Earp and co. take on the band…
Friday Puzzler: Why Would Assad Starve Thousands of Syrians To Death?
By Erica Chenoweth There is harrowing news out of Moadamiya, Syria in the last few weeks. There are still…
Is Venezuela Heading Toward Its Own Popular Uprising?
By Barbara F. Walter I’m deep in grading papers, but wanted to bring your attention to a potentially nasty…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin From the Saban Center, why private Gulf financing for Syria’s extremist rebels risks igniting sectarian conflict…
In Memoriam: Nelson Mandela
By Barbara F. Walter In the early 1990s, I took a class at the University of Chicago where we…
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By Taylor Marvin Transparency International’s yearly Corruption Perceptions Index unsurprisingly shows that corruption worsens in conflict areas. In Syria,…
Ukraine and Thailand: They Are the Real Deal
By Erica Chenoweth In case you missed it, Viktor Yanukovich’s U-turn on European integration has incensed many Ukrainians, who…
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By Taylor Marvin PVG contributor Oliver Kaplan is interviewed by Colombia Reports on grassroots political participation and nonviolence in the country:…