Is Boko Haram a Roving Bandit?
Guest post by Kyle Beardsley and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch In recent months, Boko Haram has devastated a number of…
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Ethnicity and Collective Targeting in Civil Wars
Guest post by Lisa Hultman and Hanne Fjelde A few days ago UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on…
How Did Guerrilla Violence Shape the 2014 Presidential Election in Colombia?
Guest post by Michael Weintraub, Thomas Flores, and Juan Vargas Violence sadly has become a regular feature of…
The King is Dead. Long Live the King.
By Bridget Coggins Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died last Friday. Salman bin Abdulaziz has been the Crown Prince…
Yemen is Even More Dangerous Than We Think
By Barbara F. Walter and Kenneth M. Pollack People think Yemen is dangerous to United States because of…
Does Conflict Correlate with Better Cuisine?
By Lionel Beehner Food has always been a potent symbol of international politics. Images of Soviet-era bread lines…
How Religious Competition is Fueling Electoral Violence in Sri Lanka
Guest post by Matthew Isaacs This Thursday Sri Lanka’s voters will go to the polls to determine the…
Looking Back on 2014
By Danny Hirschel-Burns It’s been another great year for Political Violence @ a Glance. We won the International…
Local Ceasefires in Syria: What Are the Prospects?
By Oliver Kaplan What are the prospects for local efforts to reduce the killing in Syria? So far,…
Predicting Government Violence to Improve Theory and Practice
Guest post by Daniel W. Hill Jr. and Zachary M. Jones Why do some governments generally respect the fundamental…