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When Civilian Protests Facilitate Coups d’Etat: Reflecting on Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Sudan

  • April 14, 2022
Guest post by Salah Ben Hammou Monday marked three years since Sudanese officers toppled longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir…
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A Widening Rift Between Europe and the Sahel

  • February 11, 2022
Guest post by Silvia D’Amato Two weeks ago, the Malian military junta, in power after a coup in…
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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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Rising Violence and the Risks to Children in Burkina Faso

  • August 11, 2021
Guest post by Christopher M. Faulkner and Jared Thompson In June, Islamist militants launched an attack against the…
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Pro-Government Militia Attacks Surge Amid COVID-19

  • August 2, 2021
Guest post by Britt Koehnlein and Ore Koren The question of whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike…
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Three Questions and Answers About the Civil War in Ethiopia

  • July 14, 2021
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann The civil war between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Political Liberation…
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Why Jihadists Are Collecting “Zakat” in the Sahel

  • July 12, 2021
Guest post by Alex Thurston Around the world, jihadists use a dizzying array of mechanisms to finance themselves,…
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DRC’s Nyiragongo Erupts: Does This Mean Conflict Will Too?

  • June 14, 2021
Guest post by Jaclyn Johnson and Christopher Faulkner The Nyiragongo volcano in the North Kivu region of the…
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Should UN Peacekeepers Help Regulate Conflict Minerals?

  • May 6, 2021
IGCC Dissertation Fellow Series Guest post by Patrick Hunnicutt In September 2020, a Mai-Mai militia attempted to seize…
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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.