Moderates of the World, Unite!
Guest post by Lindsay Heger and Roberta Spivak When they released their short “film”, the filmmakers behind “The…
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Friday Puzzler: Why Does the US Suddenly Prefer Its Enemies Dead?
By Barbara F. Walter It used to be that the United States liked to take its enemies alive…
Things to Do This Weekend: Washington, DC Edition
By Tanisha M. Fazal I don’t live in DC but, if I did, I’d be planning to bear…
Income Inequality’s Strange Relationship to Violence
By Elaine Denny and Barbara F. Walter A strange pattern recently caught our eye. Numerous studies about murder…
Precipitants Are Not Preconditions
By Joseph Young Some pundits, politicians, and others who prefer sound bites like narratives that rest on a…
Spoiler Alert
By Andrew Kydd To Western eyes, the short film that has caused a new wave of violence in…
Implications of Designating the Haqqani Network a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
Guest post by C. Christine Fair In September, 2011 Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs…
Thoughts on the Violence in Libya
By Erica Chenoweth “There is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence. None.” -Barack Obama, Remarks…
The Long Road to Statehood
By Tanisha Fazal As of this week, both the Republican and Democratic platforms now recognize Jerusalem as the capital…
23,000 Killed Is Not a Red Line
By Oliver Kaplan Don’t worry. The red line hasn’t been tripped yet. At least President Obama said as…