Bargaining Theory and Domestic Violence
By Barbara F. Walter Domestic violence produces significantly higher costs to society than murders and civil wars, at…
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Senate Report on Torture Seems Unlikely to Lead to Greater Accountability
By Leslie Vinjamuri The executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture, released…
The Needs of the Victims
Guest post by Javier Argomaniz and Orla Lynch Last June, the UN General Assembly carried out their latest…
Averting the Next Ferguson: One Simple Solution
Guest post by Zoltan Hajnal It appears that violence in Ferguson is fading away. That is certainly a…
Seeing Contention in Black and White: Protest and Protest Policing
By Christian Davenport How does the police react to situations when protestors are of one ethnicity as opposed…
Do Regional Human Rights Courts Make a Difference?
By Will H. Moore Do the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)…
The VA Scandal: One Hypothesis
By Tanisha M. Fazal As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, it is important to remember…
The Trajectory of Public Opinion about Torture
By Will H. Moore In a forthcoming American Political Science Review article, Chris Fariss reports that: The standard of…
Boko Haram Is Winning, and You Are Helping
By Will H. Moore Boko Haram (BH) has had a banner couple of weeks, and the western press…
Syria and the International Criminal Court
By Leslie Vinjamuri Last week, pressure to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court resurfaced, this time with…