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  • Contributors
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    • Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    • Asia
    • Civil War
    • Climate Change
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Elections
    • Ethics
    • Europe
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    • Human Rights
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  • May 22, 2014
By Taylor Marvin In Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city that is Boko Haram’s “hometown,” unemployment and fear feed instability among…
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There Will Be No Civil War in Ukraine, And Putin Knows It

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  • May 21, 2014
By Barbara F. Walter Last Wednesday Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Ukraine “is as close to…
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Why Can’t Democracies Settle Civil Wars?

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  • May 20, 2014
Guest post by Joakim Kreutz What effects will the outcome of the upcoming Colombian presidential elections (May 25th) have…
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The Crimea Crisis and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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  • May 19, 2014
Guest post by Ehud Eiran A Russian-French confrontation in the Holy Land in the middle of the 19th century…
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García Márquez’ Magical Realism: It’s Real

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  • May 16, 2014
By Oliver Kaplan Last month, the world lost literary giant Gabriel García Márquez, whom Colombian President Juan Manuel…
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The Trajectory of Public Opinion about Torture

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  • May 14, 2014
By Will H. Moore In a forthcoming American Political Science Review article, Chris Fariss reports that: The standard of…
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  • May 13, 2014
By Taylor Marvin Against the background of a weekend “vote” for independence in eastern Ukraine and calls for annexation by…
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Boko Haram Is Winning, and You Are Helping

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  • May 9, 2014
By Will H. Moore Boko Haram (BH) has had a banner couple of weeks, and the western press…
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  • May 8, 2014
By Taylor Marvin On the mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by the insurgent group Boko Haram, a crime that…
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Why Kidnap Girls?

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  • May 7, 2014
By Barbara F. Walter One of the strategies that Boko Haram has pursued in its attempt to overthrow the…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Barbara F. Walter, and Joe Young that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world's conflict zones. Supported by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

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Political Violence @ a Glance is an online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara Walter and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Political Violence @ A Glance is supported by the UC Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation, a University of California think tank specializing in research, training, and policy engagement around issues related to international security, economic development, political violence and its antecedents, and peace building.