What Happens When Armed Groups Endorse Politicians?
By Aila Matanock Over the past few months, headlines have indicated that leaders of two major armed groups…
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Why We Shouldn’t Call Militias, ‘Militias’
By Idean Salehyan Earlier this month, a group calling itself the Wolverine Watchmen was involved in a plot…
Resisting Political Violence in America
Guest post by Jessica Maves Braithwaite Concern is growing about the potential for escalating and widespread violence in…
Will the Afghan Peace Talks Succeed?
By Aila M. Matanock Last Saturday saw Afghan factions come together in Doha for peace talks. The Taliban,…
News of A Kidnapping
Guest post by Danielle Gilbert In late January, an American named Mark Frerichs was kidnapped in Afghanistan. Like…
Movies About Political Violence to Watch… And a Few You Shouldn’t
Let’s take a break and kick off the weekend with a political violence movie night. Editor Joe Young,…
To Understand Political Violence in the US: Think Movements, Not Groups
By Brian J. Phillips In May, two men connected to the “Boogaloo” movement carried out a drive-by shooting…
Roadblocks to Legitimacy for the Taliban
By guest contributor Shikshya Adhikari The Taliban’s attempts to garner political legitimacy cannot go unnoticed. The Taliban were…
COVID-19 and Armed Conflict: What We Know, and Why We Should Worry
By Timothy Sisk It is time to face up to the worrying implications of COVID-19 for armed conflict,…
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…