Thursday Mystery of the Week: Canada the Bold and Sri Lanka
By Steve Saideman Canada is taking a strong stand on a humanitarian issue, stepping out way in front…
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Do Red Lines on WMD Use Matter?
Guest post by Lionel Beehner Do red lines matter? The Obama administration has faced mounting criticism for setting a…
Friday Puzzler: Why Don’t North Koreans Rebel?
By Barbara F. Walter With all the talk about Kim Jong-un and nuclear weapons, another puzzle goes unanswered.…
The Dramatic Uptick in Attacks on Aid Workers
By Will H. Moore Insecurity Insight recently released a report that explores the patterns of violence against humanitarian…
Researching While Black: Why Conflict Research Needs More African Americans (Maybe)
By Christian Davenport I had just flown into Rwanda around 2001/2 when someone came up to me and…
Friday Puzzler: The Case of the Missing Citations
By Barbara F. Walter Daniel Maliniak, Ryan Powers and I recently finished a study (a recent draft of…
Will Charges and a Trial Follow? International Humanitarian Law and the “Wolf Brigade”
By Will H. Moore Back in fall of 2010, after US Private Bradley Manning passed classified US Army…
Movies About Political Violence to Watch… and a Few You Shouldn’t
By Joe Young I recently reviewed a paper that explained how to structure an International Relations course through…
The Decline of Violence in Africa
By David E. Cunningham This week’s (March 2nd-8th) issue of The Economist has a 14-page special feature on…
Ongoing R2P Violations in Syria Highlight the Urgency of Global Governance Reform
Guest post by Eamon Aloyo Bashar al-Assad’s military and some opposition rebels have committed, and will likely continue committing,…