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    • Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    • Asia
    • Civil War
    • Climate Change
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Elections
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    • Europe
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    • Human Rights
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Getting it Wrong About Wartime Sexual Violence

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  • August 27, 2012
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Fortress of Solitude: What Does Diplomatic Isolation Actually Do?

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Five Big Trends I Saw Travelling Around the World

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The Case Against Intervention

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  • August 21, 2012
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Carrots, Not Sticks

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  • August 20, 2012
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What’s in a Name? How to Classify Recent Violent Events

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  • August 17, 2012
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Why Africa’s Rebels Become Dictators

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  • August 16, 2012
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Abhorrent neq Aberrant

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  • August 15, 2012
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Atop the Sovereignty Bubble

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Bargaining or Breakthrough?

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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.