What’s in a Name? How to Classify Recent Violent Events
By Joseph Young The recent tragic events in Aurora, Colorado and Oak Creek, Wisconsin have sparked national debate over gun…
Why Africa’s Rebels Become Dictators
By Barbara F. Walter This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Reader TJW…
Abhorrent neq Aberrant
By Will H. Moore This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Pauline Moore…
Atop the Sovereignty Bubble
By Bridget Coggins, Tanisha Fazal, and Ryan Griffiths Earlier this week, Sudan and South Sudan announced an agreement on oil pipeline fees…
Bargaining or Breakthrough?
By Matthew Kocher The Imperial German Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn is said to have intended to…
Even Failed Peace Agreements Save Lives
By Andrew Mack A greater percentage of conflicts are brought to a halt through negotiated settlements today than…
Déjà vu in Central Africa
By David E. Cunningham For the last several weeks, M23, a new rebel group made up of former soldiers…
Violence in America, Redux
By Christian Davenport This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Thank…
Extreme Ideas and Extreme Tactics?
By Joseph Young What makes an extremist extreme? It is a conventional wisdom in studies of political violence…
What's "Political" about the Violence in the Dark Knight Rises?
By Christian Davenport [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASQqjK47c04&w=560&h=315] THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Yet again a film premiers and…