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…
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Political Violence Today
By Steve Saideman It is somewhat strange how things tend to come together. This Sunday marked Remembrance Day…
Civilian Casualties, Democracy & Wealthy Countries
By Will H. Moore NYU Press has published a provocative book by Yagil Levy titled Israel’s Death Hierarchy:…
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…
Can Climate Anomalies Explain Conflict Patterns?
Guest post by Lionel Beehner Do spikes in temperature or rainfall cause greater conflict? General John Allen, America’s…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth Netanyahu draws a red line, but Israeli elites seem introspective about the wisdom of fighting Iran.…
Friday Puzzler: Why the US Kills Its Enemies, Answered
By Taylor Marvin Last week we asked why the US suddenly seems to have litte interest in capturing…
Friday Puzzler: Why Does the US Suddenly Prefer Its Enemies Dead?
By Barbara F. Walter It used to be that the United States liked to take its enemies alive…
It's All Been Said Before
By Will H. Moore I leave to the reader, as an exercise, completion of this list… 1929 All Quiet…
23,000 Killed Is Not a Red Line
By Oliver Kaplan Don’t worry. The red line hasn’t been tripped yet. At least President Obama said as…