Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed…
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An Award and a Warning: The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
By guest contributor Sarah Tucker and permanent contributor Timothy D. Sisk Tomorrow, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will award…
Violence Against FARC Ex-Combatants Threatens Peace in Colombia
By guest contributor Angela D. Nichols and permanent contributor Christopher J. Fariss Access the Spanish translation here. Since…
Will Civil War in Ethiopia Spread?
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann Do civil wars spread—and where? Political scientists have demonstrated sizable evidence of contagion…
Twenty years after UNSCR 1325: Any progress ending wartime sexual violence?
Guest post by Ragnhild Nordås, Dara Kay Cohen, Robert Nagel Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking…
The Future of Conflict in Mining
Guest post by Anouk Rigterink and Kristen DeCaires Gall On June 17, 2019, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s…
The Costs of a “New Cold War” Are Higher than You Think
Guest post by Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth Great power rivalry is back, and so, unfortunately,…
Might COVID-19 Upend Social Hierarchies?
Guest post by Priscilla Torres, Katie Webster, Chong Chen, and Kyle Beardsley From COVID-19 to the Black Lives…
Contentious Politics in the US: Grievance and Political Opportunity
Guest post by Karin Dyrstad and Solveig Hillesund Is the US heading towards widespread political violence—or even a…
Art Is a Doorway to Understanding Conflict
Anyone who has sat and stared at the vast masterpiece that is Picasso’s Guernica understands that art—painting, music,…