assassination Archives - Political Violence at a Glance

August 11, 2022

By Rebecca Best and guest contributors Debra Leiter and Simanti Lahiri Last weekend, a US drone dropped two…

July 13, 2021

IGCC Dissertation Fellow Series Guest post by Mariana Carvalho The 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro’s local councilor…

January 6, 2020

By Valerie Morkevicius and Danielle Lupton The United States recently launched a targeted drone strike, killing Qassem Soleimani.…

April 25, 2019

Guest post by Patrick Pierson. The African continent will see two dozen elections in 2019. While many observers…

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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.

assassination

Five Questions About the Assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri

Why Are There So Many Political Assassinations in Brazil?

Valerie Morkevicius and Danielle Lupton
Was the Killing of Qassem Soleimani Justified?

Understanding Trends in Electoral Violence: Lessons from South Africa

Best Books of 2022: Fiction and Graphic Novel Edition

Ten Years of Political Violence At A Glance

Juneteenth 2.0—or Putting Black Folk Back into Their Emancipation

Other Peoples’ Wars

Why a Settlement in Ukraine Remains Out of Reach