A Coup in Jordan? Why Even Fabricated Plots Matter
Guest post by Salah Ben Hammou and Rosalie Rubio On April 3, 2021, Jordanian authorities claimed to have…
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In Washington, D.C.
By Joseph Young Any PhD student who studies Comparative Politics can tell you (after reading Adam Przeworksi’s work…
The Threat in America is Destroying Democracy from Within
By Stephen M. Saideman Because of Donald Trump’s statements, and news that his campaign staff has been seeking…
Could A Coup d’Etat Happen in the United States in 2020?
Guest post by John Chin, Joseph Wright, and David Carter As frustration mounts over President Donald Trump’s response to…
Sudan One Year After the Coup
By guest contributor Salah Ben Hammou On April 11, 2019, the Sudanese military ousted President Omar Al-Bashir in…
Have We Seen Another Coup in Guinea-Bissau?
By guest contributor Daniel Rio Tinto Roughly a year ago, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Besaw wrote a guest…
Searching for Silver Linings from 2017
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Conflict scholarship can be a grim work, and 2017 provided bushels of…
Making Sense of Recent Mutinies in Côte d’Ivoire
Guest post by Rebecca Schiel and Christopher Faulkner. On May 12th, 2017, disgruntled soldiers launched a mutiny in…
Friday Puzzler: Why No Coups in Saudi Arabia?
By Barbara F. Walter I had the pleasure of having lunch in D.C. on Wednesday with a bunch of extremely…
Nonviolent Conflicts in 2014 You May Have Missed Because They Were Not Violent
By Erica Chenoweth Last week, Steven Pinker and Andy Mack wrote an article reassuring Slate readers that the…