The Biggest Warning from the Facebook Whistleblower
By Barbara F. Walter Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen came out swinging in her October 4 statement to the…
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The Escalatory Nature of Violence in Undermining (American) Democracy
By Joe Young In the wake of violent riots, today the United States inaugurates the 46th president of…
Authoritarian Tactics on US Soil
By Danielle Lupton, David T. Burbach, and Lindsay P. Cohn Over the past two weeks, Department of Homeland…
Military Dissent Could Curb Democratic Backsliding in the US
By Deborah Avant and guest contributor Kara Kingma Neu In the wake of increasing military dissent over its…
What Do the Students Say?
The United States is more polarized than it has ever been. People are angry about racism, structural violence,…
What to do When Women Politicians are Attacked? Here are Four Ideas from Around the World
By Juliana Restrepo Sanín for Denver Dialogues. In a previous post, I discussed how women elected to public…
How Does the Trump Administration Think about Human Rights? Evidence from the State Department Country Reports
Guest post by Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood, and Thorin M. Wright. Last…
The Logic of Credible Commitments in the Covert Sphere
By Michael Poznansky and William Spaniel for Denver Dialogues. The AUMF is back in the news. Last month, Senators Bob…
To Dissent or Not to Dissent? Principles of Ethical Resistance for US Federal Servants
Guest post by Maciej Bartkowski. “I thought I was the president, but when it comes to these bureaucrats,…
Four Trends That Could Put the Democratic Peace at Risk
By Philip B.K. Potter. Political scientists generally agree that democracies have a foreign policy advantage, particularly when it comes…