The Rising Violence in Iraq is All About Politics
By Barbara F. Walter Policymakers have been arguing about what’s causing the increasing violence in Iraq. Some say…
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The Crimea Crisis and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Guest post by Ehud Eiran A Russian-French confrontation in the Holy Land in the middle of the 19th century…
Reconciliation Today, More Talk Tomorrow
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Tuesday April 29, 2014 has come and gone without the conclusion of an Israeli-Palestinian peace…
Syria and the International Criminal Court
By Leslie Vinjamuri Last week, pressure to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court resurfaced, this time with…
Machine Coded Events Data and Hand-Coded Data
Guest post by Zachary C. Steinert-Threlkeld Working with events data has long posed a fundamental dilemma. On one hand,…
Norms and Attitudes in the Midst of Civil War: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Syria
Guest post by Vera Mironova and Sam Whitt How do individuals adapt to the dangers of life in…
A Not-So-Bad Solution to Syria
By Barbara F. Walter One of the tragedies of the Syrian civil war is that there appear to…
Message in a Barrel
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In its ongoing assaults on rebel strongholds, since mid-December the Syrian military has been making…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Conflict Spillover
Guest post by Idean Salehyan and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch The Syrian refugee crisis has been heartbreaking to watch. According to…
PVG’s 2013
By Taylor Marvin 2013 was the first full year for Political Violence @ a Glance, and over the past year some…