Why Turkey’s Break with Assad Is Not Necessarily Good for the United States
By David B. Carter Few would contest the notion that Turkey is a rising regional power in the…
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Children and Armed Conflict: The Indirect Toll
By Roland Paris On Monday, the United Nations released its annual report on children in armed conflict. Grisly…
Will the Middle East and North Africa Democratize? Part II
By Erica Chenoweth Following up on Part I from last week, two things. First, check out Page Fortna’s…
Intervening in Syria? Some Inconvenient Realities
By Stephen M. Saideman The world has been far slower in reacting to Syria’s civil war than Libya’s.…
Why No One Wants to Call Syria a Civil War
By Barbara F. Walter and Elizabeth Martin Syria has been in the midst of a civil war since…
Will the Arab Spring Democratize the Mideast? (Or, We Didn’t Say It Wouldn’t)
By Page Fortna I’m tickled pink to have my research with Reyko Huang discussed by Erica Chenoweth in…
Killing Women and Children: An Alternative Possibility
By Matthew Kocher I want to thank Barbara and Erica for starting this blog and for inviting me…
Why Assad Denies his Role in the Massacre
By Barbara F. Walter Everyone knows that Assad was the behind the May 25th massacre of women and…
Will the Middle East and North Africa Democratize? Part I
By Erica Chenoweth Dictators have fallen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. The Syrian regime is against the…
Why Kill Women and Children in Syria?
By Barbara F. Walter On May 25th the Syrian Army and its thugs killed over a hundred civilians…