If Repression Is Local, So Are the Solutions
By Emily Hencken Ritter and Sequential Potential Dr. Martin Luther King spent his adult life fighting without violence…
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Is the US Headed Toward Civil War?
This interview was originally published by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. On the anniversary of…
US Polarization: Can It Be Fixed Before It Gets Worse?
Guest post by Oliver Hicklin-Coorey The Capitol insurrection on January 6 was a culmination of decades of increasing…
Looking Back at 9/11
It’s been twenty years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Conventional wisdom holds that the tragic…
9/11 Didn’t Change Us—Our Response to It Did
By Joe Young My phone rang just before 9 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.…
Why the “Terrorist” Label Helps Some Groups and Hurts Others
Guest post by Rebecca Best Does adding a terrorist group to the US State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organization…
The Revolt of Islamic State-Khorasan
By Navin Bapat and guest contributor Rebecca Best Note: This analysis was completed on the morning of August…
The End of the War on Terror
By Navin Bapat On August 15, 2021, almost twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Taliban recaptured…
Why Statebuilding Didn’t Work in Afghanistan
Guest post by David Lake The collapse of the Afghan government illustrates the larger dilemma in all statebuilding…
What Will It Take to End Indefinite Detention at Guantánamo Bay?
Guest post by Philip Luke Johnson The detention camps at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay (GTMO)…