Justice as Obstruction in Gaza and Israel
Guest Post by Boaz Atzili Here we go again. “Israel has the right to defend itself.” So said…
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Doubting a New Era in Human Security?
Guest post by Reed Wood A growing number of scholars and nongovernmental agencies see a pale light emerging…
Global Trends in Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: A Response to Green, Cohen, and Wood
By Andrew Mack We thank Amelia Hoover Green, Dara Kay Cohen and Elizabeth Jean Wood (henceforth GCW) for…
Is Wartime Rape Declining On a Global Scale? We Don’t Know — And It Doesn’t Matter
Guest post by Amelia Hoover Green, Drexel University; Dara Kay Cohen, Harvard Kennedy School; and Elisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University The…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth Following last weekend’s questionable ceasefire (the emphasis was more on the “fire” than the “cease”…
Friday Puzzler: Why Take Credit for Shooting a Girl?, Answered
By Barbara F. Walter In her book, Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, Jessica…
Friday Puzzler: Why Take Credit for Shooting a Girl?
By Barbara F. Walter There are two blatant puzzles associated with the shooting of 14 year old Malala…
Refugees, Transnational Rebels, and the Syrian Civil War
Guest post by Idean Salehyan The Syrian conflict has sparked one of the world’s worst refugee crises, as over 300,000…
Postcard from the Surviving Violence Workshop
By Oliver Kaplan Civilian protection. It’s going to be a thing. It is a thing! I just got…
Embodying Coercion: State Repression in 21 Objects
By Christian Davenport About 2 weeks ago the New York Times (the once unparalled bastion of all things…