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Arab Spring

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Does the Global Consensus on Apartheid in South Africa Hold Clues for the Uyghurs?

  • September 12, 2022
Guest post by Maria Lotito A new report from the United Nations finds that China may have committed…
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Are Digital Technologies Helping Autocrats Stay in Power?

  • March 7, 2022
Guest post by Tiberiu Dragu and Yonatan Lupu In the early days of the ongoing war in Ukraine,…
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Why Do Mass Protests Fail?

  • January 19, 2022
Guest post by Kana Inata In January 2006, when the scandals of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came…
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Digitally Fueled Civil Resistance and Repression in Myanmar

  • March 1, 2021
Guest post by Kyungmee Kim and Espen Geelmuyden Rød The aftermath of the coup in Myanmar illustrates how…
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An Illustrated Glossary of Political Violence

  • January 18, 2021
By Emily Hencken Ritter and Christian Davenport. Art by Sequential Potential. On January 6, 2020, a pro-Trump mob…
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Authoritarian Tactics on US Soil

  • August 5, 2020
By Danielle Lupton, David T. Burbach, and Lindsay P. Cohn Over the past two weeks, Department of Homeland…
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Humiliation is the Key to Understanding Widespread Rebellion

  • July 29, 2020
Guest post by Mustafa Kirişçi and Ibrahim Kocaman  George Floyd suffered the humiliation of dying when a police…
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Yemeni soldiers. Photo courtesy of Ibrahem Qasim.
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Yemen’s Proxy Wars Explained

  • March 26, 2020
By guest contributor Tyler B. Parker, and permanent contributor Peter Krause Five years ago today, Yemen became a…
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Protesters in Cairo
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Fissures in Sisi’s Egypt, and the New Wave of Protests Across the Middle East

  • October 22, 2019
Guest post by Kelsey Norman Egypt has arguably seen the most heavy handed retrenchment of authoritarianism in the…
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The Case of the Missing Dictators

  • November 2, 2018
By Barbara F. Walter. Two weeks ago I asked why so many African dictators resigned in the short…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, 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.