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Central African Republic

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Does UN Peacekeeping Work? A New Perspective

  • September 26, 2022
Guest post by William G. Nomikos In a recent New York Times op-ed entitled “I Love the U.N.,…
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Russia’s Growing Influence in Africa

  • July 14, 2022
By Allard Duursma and guest contributors Julia Friedrich and Niklas Masuhr Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of…
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Are UN Peacekeeping Leaders Held to Account?

  • March 9, 2022
Guest post by Magnus Lundgren, Kseniya Oksamytna, and Vincenzo Bove When the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission was…
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Can the Taliban Stabilize Afghanistan?

  • August 25, 2021
Guest post by Philip A. Martin As the world digests the remarkable collapse of the US-backed regime in…
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African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why

  • April 30, 2020
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
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Everyday Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic

  • April 13, 2020
By Allard Duursma Imagine this: You are a farmer in northwest Central African Republic. In 2013, several of…
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Children for Hire

  • February 20, 2019
Guest post by Christopher Faulkner. Last week marked the 19th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to the Convention…
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Why Civil Wars have Gotten Longer, Bloodier, and More Numerous

  • July 5, 2017
By Barbara F. Walter.  A series of alarming trends are converging in the world of civil wars. Since…
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After Aleppo, Don’t Forget These Conflicts in 2017

  • January 3, 2017
By Marie E. Berry and Hollie Nyseth Brehm for Denver Dialogues.   In December, as the former stronghold…
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Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping Missions

  • January 15, 2016
Guest post by Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley. On July 24, 2014, nineteen-year-old Cynthia gave birth to her…
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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.