Scattered Cities: Why Low Urban Concentration Makes Civil War A (Very) Remote Possibility in the US
By permanent contributor Michael Weintraub, Megan Stewart, and Dani Nedal When we published a paper in the Journal…
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Governance Failures, Vigilantism, and its Dangers
Guest post by Phillip Davis The murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia resident, by two private citizens…
How Can We Know When Popular Movements Are Winning?
In 2016, Erica Chenoweth wrote this piece on the four trends that predict the eventual success of popular…
Authoritarian Tactics on US Soil
By Danielle Lupton, David T. Burbach, and Lindsay P. Cohn Over the past two weeks, Department of Homeland…
What Is Going on in America?
In June, Political Violence At A Glance editors Christian Davenport and Erica Chenoweth, through the Conflict Consortium, convened…
Trends in Militarized Policing: New Data and Puzzles
Guest post by Erica De Bruin In recent months, protests in support of Black Lives Matter—and the federal…
Preparing for a November Surprise
By guest contributors Maria J. Stephan and Candace Rondeaux, and PV@G editor Erica Chenoweth. Nationwide protests against police…
Trump Gambles on American Racial Tension
Guest post by Graig R. Klein, Carla Martínez Machain, and Efe Tokdemir Doubling down on a law and…
What Can Reparations Do?
Guest post by Elsa Voytas On June 19, 2020 (Juneteenth), protesters from Minnesota to Louisiana chanted “Reparations Now”…
Could Trump Unite the Nation—Against Himself?
Guest post by Sooyeon Kang As protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery—among…