Civil Society to the Rescue?
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
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
The Global Impacts of COVID-19
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected prospects for peace or conflict; political participation; and civil liberties around the…
Is COVID-19 “Shrinking” the State?
By Juan Tellez Much has been written lately about the potential for COVID-19 to instigate or exacerbate political…
African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Economic Consequences
By guest contributors Austin Doctor and Stephen Bagwell The weeks leading up to Cameroon’s February 2020 parliamentary and…
Have We Seen Another Coup in Guinea-Bissau?
By guest contributor Daniel Rio Tinto Roughly a year ago, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Besaw wrote a guest…
DispatchEveryday Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic
By Allard Duursma Imagine this: You are a farmer in northwest Central African Republic. In 2013, several of…
Good Reads
By Emily Hencken Ritter and guest contributor Jessica Maves Braithwaite It’s the new year, and like the rest…
The Promise and Perils of Postwar Cities
Guest post by Kristine Höglund, Emma Elfversson, and Ivan Gusic More than half of the global population lives…