Six Questions on North Korea Answered
Guest post by Stephan Haggard This week, North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off…
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Looking Back at 9/11
It’s been twenty years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Conventional wisdom holds that the tragic…
Three Questions and Answers About the Civil War in Ethiopia
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann The civil war between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Political Liberation…
The Costs of a “New Cold War” Are Higher than You Think
Guest post by Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth Great power rivalry is back, and so, unfortunately,…
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…
The Stability-Instability Pandemic
By Evan Perkoski Will the COVID-19 pandemic increase or decrease conflict around the globe? Across myriad blog posts…
Rethinking Reassurance
Guest post by Brian Blankenship and Erik Lin-Greenberg. If Poland’s president gets his way, the Pentagon might soon…
States are Far Less Likely to Engage in Mass Violence Against Nonviolent Uprisings than Violent Uprisings
By Erica Chenoweth and Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues. What drives governments to crack down on and kill…
How Civil Wars End
By Lise M. Howard, Associate Professor of Government and Alexandra Stark, Ph.D. Candidate, both in the Department of…
Conflict, Generations, and Long-term Change in Civil-Military Relations
Guest post by Peter B. White. While the number of coups and military regimes has declined since the…