Beliefs About Male Superiority Help Explain Why More Gender-equal Societies are More Peaceful
By Elin Bjarnegård, Karen Brounéus, and Erik Melander Male political activists in Thailand who subscribed to masculine honor ideology…
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Going Stag: How Brideprice Influences Participation in Violent Conflict
Guest Post by Valerie Hudson and Hilary Matfess Bloodied and shaken from his participation in the four days of…
Rohingya “terrorists” and the hierarchies of legitimate resistance in Myanmar
Guest Post by David Brenner Last week, militants staged a series of attacks in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine region.…
The Women of ISIS: Gender and Political Violence
Guest Post by Laura Sjoberg It came as no surprise to me that women and girls who joined the…
Pro-Government Militias and the Philippines’ Other Insurgency
Guest Post by Steven T. Zech and Joshua Eastin for Denver Dialogues Contemporary security challenges in the Philippines International…
Institutional Failure in the World’s Most Violent Country: Prison Conditions in El Salvador
Guest Post by Viveca Pavon and Michael Weintraub In June 2017, we had the opportunity to visit a bartolina…
When Zuma #Falls: Stress-Testing Democracy in South Africa
By Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues. South Africa is witnessing an escalating crisis as the succession of…
“Hacking” the Reintegration of FARC Rebels in Colombia
By Ben Crisman, Alejandro Feged, Mike Findley, Oliver Kaplan, Kristina Kempkey, Paul Kuhne, Billy Matthias, and Joe Young.…
Why Civil Wars have Gotten Longer, Bloodier, and More Numerous
By Barbara F. Walter. A series of alarming trends are converging in the world of civil wars. Since…
The Political Motives Behind Bangladesh’s Abuse of Rohingya Refugees
Guest post by Sam Schiffer. Half a million ethnic Rohingya, a Muslim people, have fled their native Myanmar…