Why the Method Matters
By Thomas Zeitzoff. A recent article in the Chronicle discusses anthropologist Scott Atran’s work in Iraq and Syria.…
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What An Afghan Warlord-Turned Vice President Tells Us About Military Intervention and State Building
Guest post by Romain Malejacq. Last month, American officials denied Afghan warlord-turned Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum a…
State Failure and the International Community
Guest post by Harvey Starr and Zaryab Iqbal. In the 1970s it was Lebanon; in the 1990s it…
Symposium: Oil and International Politics
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Oil is the world’s most widely traded commodity and the key input…
Civil Society and Trajectories of Violence: A Summary of Emerging Research
By Pauline Moore and Cassy Dorff for Denver Dialogues On a sunny afternoon in Atlanta, GA, scholars gathered…
The “Politics of Naming” and the Genocide Debate
By Marie Berry for Denver Dialogues Last week the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted…
Ukraine: Cold Peace, Rising Tensions, and Multilateral Mediation
By Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues with Ambassador Fred Tanner Ukraine’s civil war, which appears to have…
Terrorism, Spoilers, and the Barriers to Resolving Civil Wars
By Joe Young. For a change, the news out of Colombia is good. A seemingly endless civil war…
How Patterns of Territorial Control Explain Mass Killings in Syria and Iraq (and in Bosnia)
Guest post by Jessica Di Salvatore. On January 16th, the Islamic State abducted 400 civilians and killed dozens after…
Federal Syria: It’s Time to Recognize Reality
Guest post by Eric Kaufmann. President Obama’s next major foreign-policy task is to move all parties toward a…