Other Peoples’ Wars
By Mayara Santos Bueno and Joe Young In 2014, Carlos (not his real name), a 41-year-old computer science…
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Why a Settlement in Ukraine Remains Out of Reach
Guest post by Valerie Sticher The Russian invasion and unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine show the limits of…
The War in Ukraine, Food Prices and the World’s Poor
Guest post by Jennifer Burney and Stephan Haggard The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is clear for all to…
Containment 2.0: Sanctions for the Long Haul
Guest post by David A. Lake The West is not imposing coercive sanctions on Russia to stop its…
Ukraine as an Instance of State Repression
By Christian Davenport The crisis in Ukraine reveals some distinct opinions about how the world is viewed. Most…
Putin’s Playbook
Guest post by Noel Foster Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine appears irrational and self-destructive. After all, he had already…
Best Political Violence Books of 2021
By Jessica Maves Braithwaite and Emily Hencken Ritter Like we did for 2020 and 2019, here’s a list…
If Repression Is Local, So Are the Solutions
By Emily Hencken Ritter and Sequential Potential Dr. Martin Luther King spent his adult life fighting without violence…
Six Questions on North Korea Answered
Guest post by Stephan Haggard This week, North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off…
The Biggest Warning from the Facebook Whistleblower
By Barbara F. Walter Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen came out swinging in her October 4 statement to the…