Comparative Xenophobia, Part III: The Quickening
By Steve Saideman Over the past couple of days, Max Fisher has posted a few maps and some…
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The Dramatic Uptick in Attacks on Aid Workers
By Will H. Moore Insecurity Insight recently released a report that explores the patterns of violence against humanitarian…
Will Charges and a Trial Follow? International Humanitarian Law and the “Wolf Brigade”
By Will H. Moore Back in fall of 2010, after US Private Bradley Manning passed classified US Army…
Movies About Political Violence to Watch… and a Few You Shouldn’t
By Joe Young I recently reviewed a paper that explained how to structure an International Relations course through…
Is the International Criminal Court Following the Flag in Mali?
By Leslie Vinjamuri Only five days after the French launched a military attack on Islamic militants in Mali’s Northern…
Sins of the Father
By Joseph Young In social science, there aren’t really laws like gravity. There are always exceptions. Most theories…
Embodying Coercion: State Repression in 21 Objects
By Christian Davenport About 2 weeks ago the New York Times (the once unparalled bastion of all things…
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…
Income Inequality’s Strange Relationship to Violence
By Elaine Denny and Barbara F. Walter A strange pattern recently caught our eye. Numerous studies about murder…
What’s in a Name? How to Classify Recent Violent Events
By Joseph Young The recent tragic events in Aurora, Colorado and Oak Creek, Wisconsin have sparked national debate over gun…