What Negotiations with Iran Tell Us About North Korea
By Barbara F. Walter Obama’s decision to negotiate with Iran over the country’s nuclear program reveals a lot about…
Are Some People Inherently More Violent Than Others?
By Erica Chenoweth New evidence suggests that the answer may be yes (sort of). There may be a genetic…
The Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Settings
Guest post by Stephan Haggard and Lydia Tiede For many years, the academic literature on civil war has…
Bordering on Civility
By Bridget Coggins There are complicated border disputes, and there are complicated border disputes. I’m currently copyediting my…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin Turkish market on Syrian border serves the discerning rebel, selling camouflage fatigues, gas masks, and black…
Criminal or Terrorist?
By Steve Saideman We do not know much really about this weekend’s attack at LAX, so it is really…
Why Obama Will Let Iran Enrich Uranium
By Barbara F. Walter Yesterday, I finally had a chance to sit down and analyze what I think will…
Dispatch from Warsaw & the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
By Erica Chenoweth Last week, I was in Warsaw attending the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. A…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin Recalling Lionel Beehner’s recent post, more on the Syrian refugee crisis: the historic scale of the humanitarian…
Hedging by Rejection: Divining Saudi Arabia’s Surprise UN Security Council About Face for Clues of Regional Realignments
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In a region where everything seems to be standing on its head and doing…