Rohingya “terrorists” and the hierarchies of legitimate resistance in Myanmar
Guest Post by David Brenner Last week, militants staged a series of attacks in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine region.…
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The Women of ISIS: Gender and Political Violence
Guest Post by Laura Sjoberg It came as no surprise to me that women and girls who joined the…
Targeting terrorists or promoting development? The United States’ approach to foreign aid in sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post by Jared Oestman In a recent Politico op-ed urging Congress to consider the importance of United…
Building Legitimacy during Armed Conflict – Learning from the Taliban
Guest Post by Florian Weigand, London School of Economics 15 years after the international intervention, news from Afghanistan…
Trump, Mattis, and the Future of Afghanistan
By Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues, featuring Deborah Avant, Nader Hashemi, and Kirstin Brathwaite. Last week, Secretary of…
Trump’s Emerging Policy on Countering Violent Extremism
By Michael Kalin for Denver Dialogues. Under the Trump administration, the fate of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)…
The (Overblown) Concerns Linking Foreign Fighters, Civil Wars, and Terrorist Campaigns
Guest post by Alex Braithwaite and Tiffany Chu. More than 30,000 foreign fighters from 100 countries have entered…
Why Terrorist Actors Cooperate
Guest post by Assaf Moghadam. In recent years, scholars have devoted increased attention to cooperation among militant actors.…
The Future of War is in Cities – the Study of War Should Follow Suit
By Margarita Konaev for Denver Dialogues. On March 17th, a US airstrike killed nearly 300 people in the…
Sanctions: The Unintended Consequences
By Colton Heffington for Denver Dialogues. Economic sanctions have wide-ranging consequences for both political leaders and ordinary citizens…