Revisiting the Emboldening Power of Nuclear Weapons
Guest post by Kyungwon Suh Do nuclear weapons make their possessors more aggressive? A series of high-profile aggressive…
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Can Russia “Export” Its Conspiracy Theories?
Guest post by Scott Radnitz Ukraine is run by Nazis. NATO is arming Ukraine as a proxy to…
Stop Trying to Convince Americans that Torture Doesn’t Work
Guest post by Ron E. Hassner Critics of US torture policy offer two kinds of arguments against torture.…
What Superheroes Can Tell Us About American Violence
Guest post by Menaka Philips and Sequential Potential An unlikely figure has come to the fore in debates…
What Will It Take to End Indefinite Detention at Guantánamo Bay?
Guest post by Philip Luke Johnson The detention camps at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay (GTMO)…
The Political Costs of Abusing Human Rights
Guest post by Rebecca Cordell As countries around the world continue to battle a deadly pandemic, another crisis…
Questions on Torture with Joe Young
In this interview, Joe Young talks about his new book, Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use…
Security-Civil Liberties Trade-offs: International Cooperation in Extraordinary Rendition
Guest post by Rebecca Cordell. Following the launch of the War on Terror, the United States established a…
Is Someone Politicizing Intelligence on ISIS?
Guest post by Joshua Rovner This week the New York Times reported on complaints that the military is…
Senate Report on Torture Seems Unlikely to Lead to Greater Accountability
By Leslie Vinjamuri The executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture, released…