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North Africa

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The International Community, Coups, and Electoral ‘Attaboys

  • February 9, 2022
Guest post by Jonathan Powell and Salah Ben Hammou Coups in Africa have reached crisis proportions. Since Niger’s…
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Are Military Coups Back in Style in Africa?

  • December 1, 2021
Guest post by Sean M. Zeigler The seizure of power in October by the Sudanese military, and the…
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African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why

  • April 30, 2020
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
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Sudan One Year After the Coup

  • April 29, 2020
By guest contributor Salah Ben Hammou On April 11, 2019, the Sudanese military ousted President Omar Al-Bashir in…
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Is the Responsibility to Protect Dead? The View From Libya

  • February 10, 2020
By Lisa Hultman World leaders met recently in Berlin to discuss solutions for ending the civil conflict in…
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“Violence will not come back to my city.” An anti-violence campaign sign in Medellin, Colombia. Photo courtesy of Albeiror24.
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The Promise and Perils of Postwar Cities

  • January 24, 2020
Guest post by Kristine Höglund, Emma Elfversson, and Ivan Gusic More than half of the global population lives…
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Protesters in Cairo
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Fissures in Sisi’s Egypt, and the New Wave of Protests Across the Middle East

  • October 22, 2019
Guest post by Kelsey Norman Egypt has arguably seen the most heavy handed retrenchment of authoritarianism in the…
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The Prevention of Civil War – A New Research Agenda

  • April 29, 2019
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann. Political instability has gripped Algeria, Cameroon, and Sudan in recent weeks and months.…
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Why “Bread and Oil” Protests in Sudan Prompted a Cabinet Reshuffle

  • March 19, 2019
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues. Last week, in response to mass street protests, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced…
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Children for Hire

  • February 20, 2019
Guest post by Christopher Faulkner. Last week marked the 19th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to the Convention…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, Joe Young, and Patrick Pierson, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Supported by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

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  • Other Peoples’ Wars
    • May 9, 2022
  • Why a Settlement in Ukraine Remains Out of Reach
    • April 22, 2022
  • The War in Ukraine, Food Prices and the World’s Poor
    • March 31, 2022
  • Containment 2.0: Sanctions for the Long Haul
    • March 9, 2022
  • Ukraine as an Instance of State Repression
    • March 3, 2022
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Political Violence @ a Glance is an online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara Walter and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Political Violence @ A Glance is supported by the UC Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation, a University of California think tank specializing in research, training, and policy engagement around issues related to international security, economic development, political violence and its antecedents, and peace building.