Is Israel on the Precipice of Genocide?
By Michael Barnett At a conference hosted by Haaretz on Wednesday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that…
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Threats as a Tool of Criminal Governance
Guest post by Shauna N. Gillooly and Philip Luke Johnson In 2020, a university campus in Bogotá, Colombia…
Power, Not Peace: The Achilles’ Heel of the Olympic Games
By Timothy Sisk The row between International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Why Do Mass Expulsions Still Happen?
Guest post by Meghan Garrity January 30, 2023 marks 100 years since the signing of the Lausanne Convention—a…
The Colombian Government and the ELN Rebels Are Negotiating Again. Women Need A Seat at the Table
Guest post by Shauna N. Gillooly The last time the Colombian government and the leftist rebel group the…
Putting Ideas Behind Bars: Here’s Why It Doesn’t Work
Guest post by Christoph Dworschak and Christoph V. Steinert “We tried to bury them—we didn’t know they were…
Why Hosting the World Cup May Have Worsened Human Rights Abuses in Qatar
By Pearce Edwards and guest contributors Christian Gläβel, and Adam Scharpf The much-anticipated finals of the 2022 FIFA…
Democracy Is the Antidote to State Repression
Lindsay Morgan interviews Christian Davenport and Ben Appel In the latest Talking Policy episode, Christian Davenport, one of…
How Violence Against Journalists Affects the News
Guest post by Cassy Dorff, Colin Henry, and Sandra Ley According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Mexico is…
Andor and the Politics of an Incipient Insurgency
Guest post by Daniel Silverman Caution: this article contains spoilers about the Disney Plus series Andor. Read on…