If Aleppo Falls, What Next For The Free Syrian Army and Their Supporters?
Guest post by Vera Mironova, Loubna Mrie, and Sam Whitt A number of recent reports indicate that the…
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Seeing Contention in Black and White: Protest and Protest Policing
By Christian Davenport How does the police react to situations when protestors are of one ethnicity as opposed…
Islamists at a Glance: Why Do Syria’s Rebel Fighters Join Islamist Groups? (The Reasons May Have Less to Do With Religiosity Than You Might Think )
Guest post by Vera Mironova, Loubna Mrie, and Sam Whitt Why do some Syrian rebels join the Free Syrian…
Peacekeeping Works Better Than You May Think
Guest post by Roland Paris Does peacekeeping work? Janice Stein (University of Toronto) and I had a lively…
On Local Backlash to Foreign Human Rights Pressure
By Sarah Bush This spring, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that criminalizes homosexuality. At…
Israel and Hamas Are Both Just Winging It
By Erica Chenoweth Israel is more than three weeks into Operation Protective Edge. With over 1328 Palestinians and…
Do Regional Human Rights Courts Make a Difference?
By Will H. Moore Do the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)…
Why Are Buddhist Monks Promoting Violence in Sri Lanka?
Guest post by Matthew Isaacs In a state marred by conflict, a wave of religious violence threatens the sovereignty…
The Trajectory of Public Opinion about Torture
By Will H. Moore In a forthcoming American Political Science Review article, Chris Fariss reports that: The standard of…
Boko Haram Is Winning, and You Are Helping
By Will H. Moore Boko Haram (BH) has had a banner couple of weeks, and the western press…