It’s the Economy, Stupid (But Blame Minority Groups)
Guest post by Graig R. Klein, Carla Martinez Machain, and Efe Tokdemir. In an effort to rally political support during…
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Why Do Peaceful Protests “Turn Violent”?
By Jonathan Pinckney for Denver Dialogues. It’s a common story, seen in democracies and non-democracies, in every region of…
Challenges of Measuring an Armed Group’s Lethality: Insights from the Mexican Drug War
Guest post by Omar García-Ponce and Andrés Lajous. A few months ago the New York Times published an…
Living Among 20 Million Muslims
Post by Allison Beth Hodgkins. The assumption undergirding the Republican nominee’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the United…
A More Fitting Label for “Would-Be” Jihadists
Post by Allison Beth Hodgkins. When the news of explosions in New York and New Jersey and a…
“Catch Your Thief”: From Vigilantism to Vigilance in Lima’s Southern Cone
By Steven T. Zech for Denver Dialogues. Cases of extrajudicial vigilantism often only serve to exacerbate insecurity and…
How Violence and Uncertainty Can Deter Displacement
Guest post by Justin Schon. Between the end of 2006 and the end of 2008, two-thirds of the…
“Social Cohesion” in Deeply Divided Societies: Five Findings for Peacebuilding
By Fletcher D. Cox and Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues. Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo’s Olympic Gold Medal…
Could Colombia’s Peace Process Still Be Derailed?
By Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras Díaz. Colombia has almost succeeded in ending a fifty-year civil conflict…
What’s Going On in Zambia?
By Dawn Brancati. By less than 3 percent of the vote, President Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front…