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…
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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…
Public Intellectuals, International Security, and Trump
By Rachel A. Epstein and Martin Rhodes for Denver Dialogues. Populist politicians like Donald Trump are rightly credited…
How Norms Die
By Tanisha M. Fazal and Seva Gunitsky. The Trump administration has challenged the global order on multiple fronts,…
The Value of Preserving NATO: Priceless
By Sarah Kreps. In a recent press conference with the NATO Secretary General, Vice President Mike Pence sounded…
Where Do Ousted Dictators Go?
By Daniel Krcmaric and Abel Escribà-Folch. A dramatic scene unfolded in Gambia on Saturday night, January 21. Longtime…