Why I Don't Study Arms Races
By Steve Saideman Time to unpack a tweet just a bit: Always fun to watch the security dilemma…
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Some People Just Like to Fight
Guest post by Rose McDermott There’s a dirty little secret that academics don’t like to talk about but explains…
Four Reasons Why Interstate Conflict Scholars Don’t Read Intrastate Work and Why They are Wrong, Part 2
By Christian Davenport and Scott Gates Part 1 of this two-part series is here. Misconception #3 – “The Domestic Conflict…
Four Reasons Why Interstate Conflict Scholars Don’t Read Intrastate Work and Why They Are Wrong, Part 1
By Christian Davenport and Scott Gates Historically, those of us who rigorously study political conflict and violence have adopted…
Is War Too Important to be Left to Social Scientists?
By Lionel Beehner Is war a science? I don’t ask that to be flippant, since most of this…
Learning from Afghanistan: Multilateralism is Hard
By Steve Saideman The old saying is that success has a thousand fathers but that failure is an orphan.…
Germany and NATO Reform? Please
By Steve Saideman Germany gets far more grief than it should for under-performing in Afghanistan. Italy, Hungary, Turkey…
Decoding What Human Rights Groups Said About Syria
By Sarah Bush During the past month, political pundits have not been the only people disagreeing vociferously about…
The Logic Behind Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I asked why Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons even after Obama had drawn…
Oslo’s Enduring Commitment Problem
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Why would anyone want to read another analysis of the commitment problems lurking in…