Getting the Military and Social Scientists Back Together: The Need for “Expeditionary Social Science”
Guest post by Jonathan Bate. The military and the academy need each other, at least when it comes…
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Mapping Territorial Control in Civil Wars
By James Igoe Walsh, Michael Findley, Daniel Strandow, and Jean-Claude Thill. How does control of territory influence the course of…
Civilian Protection by Fiat
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. Recent months have seen many tragedies for civilians both in and out…
The Importance of Civilian Agency in Conflict Settings
Guest post by Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv. On June 6, 2016, the Norwegian National Commission (Afghanistanutvalget) to evaluate Norway’s…
The Sequence of Land Reform and Political Reform
Guest post by Ilia Murtazashvili and Jennifer Murtazashvili. In Afghanistan, citizens are increasingly frustrated by land grabbing, such…
La Mano Dura: Lessons from El Salvador’s Security Sector Reform
By Gaëlle Rivard Piché for Denver Dialogues Security sector reform (SSR) is at the core of contemporary state-building…
Peace by Assassination?
Guest post by Yelena Biberman. What is to be done when the leader of a powerful insurgent organization is…
What An Afghan Warlord-Turned Vice President Tells Us About Military Intervention and State Building
Guest post by Romain Malejacq. Last month, American officials denied Afghan warlord-turned Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum a…
Eye in the Sky: New War, Old Problems
Guest post by Jon R. Lindsay. Hollywood action flicks are increasingly likely to feature drones as a technological…
Send in the Clowns: Opposing Anti-Migrant Citizen Patrols in Finland
By Steven T. Zech for Denver Dialogues State repression, armed conflict, and a variety of humanitarian crises have…