Nobel Peace Prize for Indecision
By Steve Saideman The European Union was named this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. My daughter was most…
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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…
Friday Puzzler: If Presidential Debates Have Little Effect, Why Engage in Them?
By Barbara F. Walter Over at The Monkey Cage, John Sides has a timely post on the influence…
Embodying Coercion: State Repression in 21 Objects
By Christian Davenport About 2 weeks ago the New York Times (the once unparalled bastion of all things…
Weapon of the Weak? Why State Capabilities Have Conflicting Effects on Terrorism
By Joseph Young Although the academic study of terrorism has increased exponentially since 9/11, the conventional wisdom about…
Explaining High Murder Rates in Latin America: It’s Not Drugs
By Elaine Denny and Barbara F. Walter In a background paper for the World Bank on homicide rates James D.…
Democracy and Coups: Taking Civilian Control of the Military for Granted
By Steve Saideman This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Reader Luis asks:…
Carrots, Not Sticks
By Erica Chenoweth and Laura Dugan We recently published an article in the American Sociological Review in which we argue…
Why Africa’s Rebels Become Dictators
By Barbara F. Walter This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Reader TJW…
Atop the Sovereignty Bubble
By Bridget Coggins, Tanisha Fazal, and Ryan Griffiths Earlier this week, Sudan and South Sudan announced an agreement on oil pipeline fees…