The Biggest Threat to the Middle East Isn’t ISIL. It’s Civil Wars.
By Barbara F. Walter The greatest threat to American interests in the Middle East doesn’t come from ISIL…
Weekly Links
By Danny Hirschel-Burns Was Seymour Hersh right that the US government lied about how the Bin Laden raid…
What Do We Know, and Need to Know, About Successful Counterinsurgency?
Guest post by Eli Berman and Aila M. Matanock Imagine a counterinsurgency challenge: government forces (like the Iraqi…
Military Intervention: Who Looks Before They Leap?
Guest post by Aaron Rapport When conflicts arise in international politics, there is always the possibility that one…
Researching in Risky Regions: Advice from Women Writers
By Cassy Dorff for Denver Dialogues It’s the close of summertime here in the American academic community. Perhaps…
Weekly Links
By Sarah Bakhtiari Are there conditions for peaceful secession? Ryan Griffiths argues yes, given distinctions in administrative architectures.…
State Power and the Visibility of Drug Violence
By Angélica Durán-Martínez “Headless bodies found in Acapulco”. “Nine corpses found hanging from a bridge”. “3 bodies with…
Short(ish) Guide to Domestic Far Right Extremism
By Joe Young and Paul Martin The recent mass shooting in Charleston has led to arguments over whether…
Targeting Terror in the West Bank: Start with the Hilltop Youth
Guest post by Joel K. Day Last week, the world stood horrified at a gruesome arson attack against…
Guatemala Calling: Lynchings and the Politics of Inequality
By Matthew Klick for Denver Dialogues On May 20th, 2015, a sixteen-year-old girl was captured, beaten and, while…