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  • Contributors
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    • Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    • Asia
    • Civil War
    • Climate Change
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Elections
    • Ethics
    • Europe
    • Foreign Policy
    • Governance
    • Human Rights
    • Interstate War
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  • April 17, 2014
By Taylor Marvin The major story of the week was a move by the Ukrainian government to forcibly evict…
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The Worst Kind of Torture

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  • April 16, 2014
By Joseph Young Nearly all states torture. Kingdoms, personalist and military dictatorships, and even democracies use this tool…
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Use the Force, Brazilian Protestors?

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  • April 15, 2014
By Oliver Kaplan This post contains spoilers for the original Star Wars trilogy. At this summer’s World Cup soccer…
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Does Torture Work?

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  • April 14, 2014
Guest post by Christopher Sullivan More precisely, does committing torture enable state forces to limit subsequent acts of violence?…
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Puzzling Patterns in Election Participation

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  • April 11, 2014
By Barbara F. Walter Last Saturday, Afghanistan held its first presidential election since 2009. A surprisingly large number…
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  • April 11, 2014
By Taylor Marvin A video imagining a future where Russian freedom fighters battle a fascist, expansionary, and — ludicrously…
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Rwanda, Remembrance and Research: Or, How Rwandan Violence Taught Me to Embrace Subnational/Disaggregated Conflict Studies and Integral Conflict Research

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  • April 10, 2014
By Christian Davenport Fourteen years ago I began a journey to understand the political violence that took place in…
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Not Just Victims and Perpetrators: Understanding Rwanda’s Genocide, Twenty Years-On

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  • April 9, 2014
Guest post by Aliza Luft One day about twenty years ago, a Hutu soldier in Rwanda accepted twenty-five dollars…
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Geographical Ignorance and Americans’ Views on Ukraine

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  • April 8, 2014
By Will H. Moore Yesterday at the Monkey Cage we learned that the worse Americans were at “pinning…
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  • April 3, 2014
By Taylor Marvin This week marked the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Brazilian military coup. The coup remains divisive…
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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 at a Glance
  • About
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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.