Middle East Archives - Page 17 of 31 - Political Violence at a Glance

Guest post by Vera Mironova, Loubna Mrie, and Sam Whitt Why do some Syrian rebels join the Free Syrian…

Guest post by Jeremy Pressman Part of me is quite sympathetic to Erica Chenoweth’s framing of the current…

By Sarah Bush This spring, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that criminalizes homosexuality. At…

By Page Fortna The collapse of the cease-fire in the Israeli-Gaza conflict, less than 2 hours into what…

By Erica Chenoweth Israel is more than three weeks into Operation Protective Edge. With over 1328 Palestinians and…

By Allison Beth Hodgkins Just a short while ago it seemed that the Islamic militant group Hamas had everything…

By Paul Staniland The resurgence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has come as a shock…

By Barbara F. Walter It has become increasingly clear that the civil war in Iraq will likely not have…

By Taylor Marvin Once again, violence in Iraq dominates world headlines. Last week the Sunni Muslim jihadist group alternatively…

Guest post by Evan Perkoski and Alec Worsnop On June 10th, the armed group known as the Islamic State…

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