In Autocracies, A Little Media Freedom Can Go A Long Way
Guest post by Martín Macías Medellín, Mauricio Rivera, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Mobilization in autocracies is inherently difficult. Potential…
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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From Manama to Baghdad and Kyiv: Limiting the Risk of Violent Intervention by Authoritarian Neighbors
Guest post by Erwin van Veen Much has been written over the past few years about the global…
Can Nonviolent Civil Resistance Stop Putin?
By Isak Svensson and guest contributor Sebastian van Baalen Much focus in the current debate on reversing Putin’s…
Containment 2.0: Sanctions for the Long Haul
Guest post by David A. Lake The West is not imposing coercive sanctions on Russia to stop its…
Are Digital Technologies Helping Autocrats Stay in Power?
Guest post by Tiberiu Dragu and Yonatan Lupu In the early days of the ongoing war in Ukraine,…
Ukraine as an Instance of State Repression
By Christian Davenport The crisis in Ukraine reveals some distinct opinions about how the world is viewed. Most…
What Americans (Really) Believe About Chemical Weapons
By Joshua A. Schwartz, Jonathan A. Chu, and Christopher W. Blair The norm against the use of chemical…
Putin’s Playbook
Guest post by Noel Foster Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine appears irrational and self-destructive. After all, he had already…
How Germany’s Coalition Change Contributed to Putin’s Strategic Miscalculation in Ukraine
Guest post by Debra Leiter and Rebecca Best Vladimir Putin almost certainly failed to anticipate that Germany would…
Are Russia’s Threats Credible?
Guest post by Stephen Shulman and Stephen Bloom The current crisis in Europe is a head-to-head battle of…