Yucatán as an Exception to Rising Criminal Violence in Mexico
Guest post by Shannan Mattiace and Sandra Ley Over the last several months, violence in the Riviera Maya…
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Putin’s Aspiration to Control Reality
Guest post by Jennifer Earl and Tom Maher Two things are true in Russia right now: at a…
In Autocracies, A Little Media Freedom Can Go A Long Way
Guest post by Martín Macías Medellín, Mauricio Rivera, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Mobilization in autocracies is inherently difficult. Potential…
Fighting Organized Crime by Targeting Their Revenues
Guest post by Gianmarco Daniele and Gemma Dipoppa A few weeks ago, a massive data leak from a…
Are Digital Technologies Helping Autocrats Stay in Power?
Guest post by Tiberiu Dragu and Yonatan Lupu In the early days of the ongoing war in Ukraine,…
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…
Rubber-Stamping Women’s Inclusion
Guest post by Rebecca Best and Elizabeth Brannon After Aisha Gdour took part in the 2011 uprising that…
The International Community, Coups, and Electoral ‘Attaboys
Guest post by Jonathan Powell and Salah Ben Hammou Coups in Africa have reached crisis proportions. Since Niger’s…
A Warning To Statebuilders
Guest post by Adam Wunische General Mark Miley, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee about the US…