Are We On the Cusp of a Global Wave of Regime Change?
Guest post by Vilde Lunnan Djuve, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Tore Wig When President Omar Bashir’s 30-year rule…
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By Emily Hencken Ritter and guest contributor Jessica Maves Braithwaite It’s the new year, and like the rest…
Gaza on a Knife’s Edge
By Allison Hodgkins On November 12, 2019, Israel assassinated Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu-Atta by dropping a…
Explaining Turkey’s Cross-Border Operation into Syria
By Lionel Beehner The Turkish incursion into northern Syria has revealed a central truth in international affairs: that the…
The Art of Winning a Peace Agreement: The Case of the FARC
Guest post by Sally Sharif and Dayron Yegrail. Colombia’s peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s…
Beware of Victor’s Justice
Guest post by Christoph Valentin Steinert. Armed conflicts are inextricably linked with substantial injustices. While no policy can…
Why Old Societies are the Most Peaceful and Young Societies are Conflict Prone
Guest post by Deborah Jordan Brooks, Stephen G. Brooks, Brian Greenhill, and Mark L. Haas. Numerous reports in…
Measles, Ukraine, and Civil War: The Missing Links
By Tanisha M. Fazal & Logan Stundal. In 2018, the global measles outbreak claimed 109,000 lives and sickened…
Territorial Contenders – A New Agenda for Conflict Research
Guest post by Douglas Lemke and Charles Crabtree. With the recent territorial defeat of ISIS, American foreign policy…
Why has Sudan’s Tolerance for Anti-Regime Protests Run Dry?
By Dawn Brancati. In early June, Sudanese paramilitary forces fired live ammunition into an unarmed crowd of protesters…