Friday Puzzler: Why Don’t North Koreans Rebel?
By Barbara F. Walter With all the talk about Kim Jong-un and nuclear weapons, another puzzle goes unanswered.…
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What’s Up with the Heated Foreign Policy on the Korean Peninsula?
By Will H. Moore Political scientists used to be interested in the extent to which bellicose (or cooperative)…
Friday Puzzler: Why No Violence In Kenya?
By Barbara F. Walter Last week a couple of my colleagues left with some trepidation for Kenya to monitor…
Keep Calm, Korean
By Andrew Kydd South Korea recently announced that it would target the North Korean “command leadership” in response…
Friday Puzzler: Why Threaten the US with Nuclear Attack?
By Barbara F. Walter Today’s puzzler is simple: Why would Kim Jong Un think it was a good idea…
Feels Like the Third Time*
By Andrew Kydd North Korea has detonated its third nuclear device and its first to convincingly split some…
Friday Puzzler: Chinese Corruption and the Paper Trail Left Behind
By Barbara F. Walter Last Friday, David Barboza of the New York Times published what is likely to…
Friday Puzzler: Why Take Credit for Shooting a Girl?, Answered
By Barbara F. Walter In her book, Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, Jessica…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth “CAR SMASHINGS AHEAD, JAPANESE CAR OWNERS SHOULD TURN BACK NOW” – sign held by a…
Implications of Designating the Haqqani Network a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
Guest post by C. Christine Fair In September, 2011 Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs…