Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth Following last weekend’s questionable ceasefire (the emphasis was more on the “fire” than the “cease”…
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Temporary Cease-Fire in Syria
By Page Fortna I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t expect the four day Id al-Adha cease-fire in…
Can Climate Anomalies Explain Conflict Patterns?
Guest post by Lionel Beehner Do spikes in temperature or rainfall cause greater conflict? General John Allen, America’s…
On Keeping a Colombian Peace
By Oliver Kaplan Page Fortna’s post earlier this week is an excellent analysis of the prospects for peacekeepers…
Lasting Peace in Colombia: Pipe Dream or Possible?
By Page Fortna Oliver Kaplan recently posted about the prospects for reaching a peace deal in Colombia when…
Landing a Peace Agreement with the FARC
By Oliver Kaplan I just published an op-ed entitled “Colombia’s Rebels and Land Reform” in the The New York…
Refugees, Transnational Rebels, and the Syrian Civil War
Guest post by Idean Salehyan The Syrian conflict has sparked one of the world’s worst refugee crises, as over 300,000…
The New World, Largely Same as the Old One
By Steve Saideman My friends on Twitter got a bit outraged yesterday over this New York Times speculative piece on…
What’s Going on in Mali?
By Erica Chenoweth This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Reader JCB asks:…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth “Practically, this process is positive.” ~ Bashar al Assad, commenting on recent defections, as quoted…