Doing Well by Doing Bad
Guest post by Reed M. Wood Most of us like to believe that, as in the movies, the team…
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Searching for Trends: Analyzing Patterns in Conflict Violence Data
Guest post by Megan Price and Anita Gohdes With the publishing of GDELT[1] there has been an exciting…
Norms and Attitudes in the Midst of Civil War: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Syria
Guest post by Vera Mironova and Sam Whitt How do individuals adapt to the dangers of life in…
A Not-So-Bad Solution to Syria
By Barbara F. Walter One of the tragedies of the Syrian civil war is that there appear to…
Power, Violence, and the Outcomes of National and Insurgent Movements
Guest post by Peter Krause Two of the most puzzling news stories to emerge from the Syrian uprising…
Message in a Barrel
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In its ongoing assaults on rebel strongholds, since mid-December the Syrian military has been making…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Conflict Spillover
Guest post by Idean Salehyan and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch The Syrian refugee crisis has been heartbreaking to watch. According to…
Some People Just Like to Fight
Guest post by Rose McDermott There’s a dirty little secret that academics don’t like to talk about but explains…
Four Reasons Why Interstate Conflict Scholars Don’t Read Intrastate Work and Why They are Wrong, Part 2
By Christian Davenport and Scott Gates Part 1 of this two-part series is here. Misconception #3 – “The Domestic Conflict…
Peace Prospects for the Philippines
By Oliver Kaplan Over the weekend, a historic peace agreement was finalized between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front…