Civilian Protection by Fiat
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. Recent months have seen many tragedies for civilians both in and out…
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The Security Consequences of the Global Refugee Crisis
By Daniel Krcmaric. Anyone remember the global refugee crisis? You can be forgiven for letting it slip your…
Understanding and Preventing Mass Atrocities by Non-States
Guest post by Cyanne E. Loyle. On June 3, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at…
Legacy of Violence and Peru’s Politics: Activism Against Authoritarianism
By Devin Finn for Denver Dialogues. Electoral politics sometimes reflects the legacies of violent contestation a country has…
America’s New Civil War?
By Navin Bapat. Is the United States waging a war against its African American population? Most would likely…
The Sequence of Land Reform and Political Reform
Guest post by Ilia Murtazashvili and Jennifer Murtazashvili. In Afghanistan, citizens are increasingly frustrated by land grabbing, such…
Protest, Counterprotest, and the Political Ineffectiveness of Chaos
By Erica Chenoweth for Denver Dialogues. It was a nasty scene on Saturday in Sacramento. As about 30…
The Jevons Paradox and the Economy of Drone Strikes
Guest post by Christopher Shay. The killing in May of Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, the late leader of…
The Politics of Closing Refugee Camps
Guest post by Beth Elise Whitaker. On May 6, 2016, the Government of Kenya announced plans to close…
Trumping the Domestic Democratic Peace
By Christian Davenport. In the “domestic democratic peace,” it is generally maintained that democracies would be less inclined…