Bending (False) Binaries: A Sociological Plea for Deconstruction
By Marie Berry. “The moral cogency of a human rights narrative is compelling but partial: it is incomplete…
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But Still, Like Air, I’ll Rise
Guest post by Cassy Dorff. Sunday morning is a time often reserved for the absence of rushing, for…
Rebel ‘Wives’ on Broadway: An Interview with Evelyn Amony
Post by Dawn Brancati. The Broadway show Eclipsed, written by Danai Gurira and starring Lupita Nyong’o (Oscar-winning actress…
Burundi on the Brink?
By Patrick Pierson. Back in November, Barbara Walter shared a powerful post on the potential for another mass…
Novel Illuminates Torture
By Will H. Moore. I knew locking a man up in a dark room was meant to arouse…
Understanding the Transnational Campaign to End Early Marriage
By Sarah Bush. Two UN organizations – UNICEF and the UNFPA – recently announced a joint initiative to…
La Mano Dura: Lessons from El Salvador’s Security Sector Reform
By Gaëlle Rivard Piché for Denver Dialogues Security sector reform (SSR) is at the core of contemporary state-building…
What An Afghan Warlord-Turned Vice President Tells Us About Military Intervention and State Building
Guest post by Romain Malejacq. Last month, American officials denied Afghan warlord-turned Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum a…
Sri Lanka’s Mandela?
Guest post by Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Agatha S. Hultquist. Can one man’s personality overcome a legacy of…
Israel-Palestine: Questioning a Confederal Solution
Guest post by Jeremy Pressman. Amidst a period of diplomatic pessimism, Dahlia Scheindlin and Dov Waxman helpfully propose…