Five Ways Art and War Are Related
By Dawn Brancati Art is used to promote war. Monarchs, dictators, and elected world leaders have all commissioned…
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When Do Referendums Lead to Conflict?
By Katy Collin On September 25, Iraqi Kurds held a referendum on independence. Within the week, on 1…
Mao, Gandhi, and the Choice Between Violent and Nonviolent Action
Guest Post by Ches Thurber Last week, Cullen Hendrix wrote a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece on this blog…
Rohingya “terrorists” and the hierarchies of legitimate resistance in Myanmar
Guest Post by David Brenner Last week, militants staged a series of attacks in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine region.…
Free to Choose? Violent vs. Nonviolent Resistance and the Limits of Choice
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues I spent a good thirty minutes the other day lurking on a…
Rebelling for Regime Change? Assessing the Venezuelan Military’s Support for Anti-Maduro Protests.
Guest Post by Kara Kingma Neu Venezuela is in deep crisis. Opposition to President Maduro escalated in March, when…
The Meaning of Violence and Nonviolence after Charlottesville
Guest Post by Ioana Emy Matesan President Trump sparked a public outcry when in the aftermath of the…
Americans Knew About Russia’s Election Meddling – Here’s What That Might Mean for Future US Elections
By Sarah Bush and Lauren Prather. An ongoing FBI investigation is currently trying to determine the nature and extent of…
The Global Spread of Demands for Self-Rule
Guest post by Katherine Sawyer and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. Although the European Union and United Nations were once…
Authority and Contestation inside Rebel Groups: Insights from Myanmar
Guest post by David Brenner. Recent scholarship highlights the importance of internal fragmentation for explaining the strategies of…