Friday Puzzler: Why Support the Taliban?
By Barbara F. Walter Madiha Afzal, an economist at the University of Maryland, has conducted a fascinating public…
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Friday Puzzler: Twitter and War
By Barbara F. Walter Back in November, the Israeli Defense Forces fundamentally changed how governments chose to communicate…
Books on Political Violence You Should Own*
By Joe Young Like all academics, I am a hoarder. I hoard books. A proud academic has shelves…
Looking for Strategy Among the Gun Nuts
By Andrew Kydd The gun control debate reignited by the Sandy Hook school shootings has highlighted some interesting…
The Great Drug Bust
By Oliver Kaplan and Jacob Shapiro One of the main policies pursued in the war on drugs has…
Friday Puzzler: Why Has Hamas Never Targeted the United States with Violence?
By Barbara F. Walter For decades Hamas has been engaged in a battle with Israel over territory and Israel’s very…
How a US Election Undermined Global Health
By Will H. Moore American President Barrack Obama will be inaugurated for a second term next month. Meanwhile,…
Friday Puzzler: Rich States, Poor States and Different Types of Violence
By Barbara F. Walter A few years back Claude Berrebi and I attended a conference on terrorism at UC…
What Israel’s Prohibition on Targeted Killings Means for US Counterterrorism
Guest post by Sara Bjerg Moller The most surprising development in last month’s ceasefire agreement between Hamas and…
Friday Puzzler: Why Take Credit for Shooting a Girl?, Answered
By Barbara F. Walter In her book, Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, Jessica…