Guest Puzzler: Why’s Iran So Terrible at Lying?
By Taylor Marvin The Iranian government regularly trumpets its technical achievements. This in and of itself is unsurprising,…
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Army Training, Suh!
By Steve Saideman NATO operations in Afghanistan are a complex exercise in cooperation and shared responsibility. Members of the ISAF not only…
The Great Drug Bust
By Oliver Kaplan and Jacob Shapiro One of the main policies pursued in the war on drugs has…
Friday Puzzler: Why Are Most Online Courses Taught By Men?
By Barbara F. Walter Lisa Martin and I have an op-ed in today’s LA Times about the explosion…
Why Syria’s 60,000 Deaths Should Not Shock Us
Guest post by Lionel Beehner The United Nations has reported that the conflict in Syria has exceeded 60,000 fatalities,…
Friday Puzzler: Why Has Hamas Never Targeted the United States with Violence?
By Barbara F. Walter For decades Hamas has been engaged in a battle with Israel over territory and Israel’s very…
PV Thought of the Week: Can Apps “Inform” the Public?
By Erica Chenoweth I was struck by this recent story about Apple rejecting a proposed iOS game called…
Evading Invasion: Syria’s Chemical Weapons and Obama’s Audience Costs
By Erica D. Borghard and Jack Snyder Syria’s recent chemical weapons activity has raised the specter of audience…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth The Obama administration has recognized the Syrian opposition, rather than the Assad regime, as the…
Will Assad Use His Chemical Weapons?
By Taylor Marvin The risk of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime appears to be increasing. The New…