Are Military Coups Back in Style in Africa?
Guest post by Sean M. Zeigler The seizure of power in October by the Sudanese military, and the…
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Silent Guns: Examining the Two-Year Absence of Coups in Africa
Guest Post by Rebecca Schiel and Jonathan Powell This Sunday, 17 September 2017, marks two years since the…
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…
Why a Coup in Egypt, and Why Now?
By Barbara F. Walter Last week’s puzzler posed two questions. First, why has the number of coups in Sub-Sahara…
Democracy and Coups: Taking Civilian Control of the Military for Granted
By Steve Saideman This post is part of the “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” series. Reader Luis asks:…