The “Politics of Naming” and the Genocide Debate
By Marie Berry for Denver Dialogues Last week the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted…
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Why Nuking ISIS is a Really Bad Idea
By Barbara F. Walter. After every terrorist attack on a major Western city I hear the same thing:…
Ukraine: Cold Peace, Rising Tensions, and Multilateral Mediation
By Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues with Ambassador Fred Tanner Ukraine’s civil war, which appears to have…
Terrorism, Spoilers, and the Barriers to Resolving Civil Wars
By Joe Young. For a change, the news out of Colombia is good. A seemingly endless civil war…
Modeling Piracy: A Bridge Between the Academic and Policy Communities
By Andrew Scott for Denver Dialogues This January, the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy hosted…
How Patterns of Territorial Control Explain Mass Killings in Syria and Iraq (and in Bosnia)
Guest post by Jessica Di Salvatore. On January 16th, the Islamic State abducted 400 civilians and killed dozens after…
Federal Syria: It’s Time to Recognize Reality
Guest post by Eric Kaufmann. President Obama’s next major foreign-policy task is to move all parties toward a…
Will Iraqi Kurds Go It Alone?
Guest post by Ariel I. Ahram. The Islamic State has gained the most attention for its bid to destroy…
Why Engagement Can’t Wait—Walt on Tenure and Bridging the Gap
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Stephen Walt’s “How to Get Tenure” piece over at Foreign Policy should…
What Happens When Peacekeepers Come Home (Spoiler: No One Really Knows)?
Guest post by Jonathan D. Caverley and Jesse Dillon Savage. In November last year, President Obama announced a plan…