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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Conflict Minerals Legislation: Shooting at the Wrong Target… Again

  • January 14, 2021
Guest post by Nik Stoop and Marijke Verpoorten On January 1, 2021, the European Conflict Minerals Act came…
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Burying the dead in Brazil
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Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?

  • January 5, 2021
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed…
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Will Civil War in Ethiopia Spread?

  • November 24, 2020
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann Do civil wars spread—and where? Political scientists have demonstrated sizable evidence of contagion…
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Nigerians and Americans Are Protesting Police Violence, But They Have Different Demands. Here’s Why

  • November 16, 2020
Guest post by Megan Turnbull Police brutality is an entrenched problem in Nigeria and the US, and 2020…
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Will the US Experience Election Violence? Lessons from Kenya

  • October 29, 2020
Guest post by Kathleen Klaus Kenya experienced one of the worst episodes of election violence in 2007 when…
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The Future of Conflict in Mining

  • October 27, 2020
Guest post by Anouk Rigterink and Kristen DeCaires Gall On June 17, 2019, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s…
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Will Côte d’Ivoire’s Presidential Election Turn Violent?

  • October 15, 2020
Guest post by Sebastian van Baalen and Jesper Bjarnesen Ivorians head to the polls on October 31, in…
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Civil Society to the Rescue?

  • September 10, 2020
By Evan Perkoski and Erica Chenoweth Widespread pro-democracy protests have engulfed Belarus over claims that the recent presidential…
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The Big Lesson of Peacekeeping in Sudan: Beware of Host-Country Obstruction

  • September 3, 2020
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
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The Global Impacts of COVID-19

  • July 13, 2020
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected prospects for peace or conflict; political participation; and civil liberties around the…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. 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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    • January 18, 2021
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    • August 5, 2020
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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.