When Fighting Breaks Out – Explaining Subnational Variation in Civil War Onset
Guest post by Ore Koren. Civil war onset is often correctly associated with weak states, such as Afghanistan.…
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Trump and the Problem of Pakistan
By Navin Bapat On January 4, President Trump announced that the United States would suspend nearly all aid…
Democracy in Peril: Ten Elections to Watch in 2018
By Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues Democracy’s resilience into the 21st century is rightly questioned. In 2017,…
Omelets? OMLT: Observer, Mentor, Liaison Teams.
By Stephen M. Saideman In Afghanistan, many (but not all, due to caveats*) NATO members and partners (the…
Building Legitimacy during Armed Conflict – Learning from the Taliban
Guest Post by Florian Weigand, London School of Economics 15 years after the international intervention, news from Afghanistan…
Will Trump’s Actions Hasten International Balancing Against the US or Global Irrelevance?
By Deborah Avant for Denver Dialogues. The blogosphere is awash with claims of how the Trump administration is…
The Political Motives Behind Bangladesh’s Abuse of Rohingya Refugees
Guest post by Sam Schiffer. Half a million ethnic Rohingya, a Muslim people, have fled their native Myanmar…
Trump, Mattis, and the Future of Afghanistan
By Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues, featuring Deborah Avant, Nader Hashemi, and Kirstin Brathwaite. Last week, Secretary of…
The Ethics of Fieldwork Preparedness
Guest post by Milli Lake and Sarah E. Parkinson. Many political scientists conduct research in fragile states or…
Why Terrorist Actors Cooperate
Guest post by Assaf Moghadam. In recent years, scholars have devoted increased attention to cooperation among militant actors.…