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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Locked Down and Lashing Out: What’s Driving Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Guest post by Gemma Dipoppa, Guy Grossman, and Stephanie Zonszein During his speech commemorating the one-year anniversary of…
China’s Addiction to Short-Term Thinking
Guest post by Philip B.K. Potter, Chen Wang, and Claire Oto The ability to control information has long…
The Anatomy of Backsliding: Why is Democracy Consuming Itself?
Guest post by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman Well before 2016, the United States was becoming increasingly…
White Supremacists Are a National Security Threat
By Navin Bapat The risk of terrorism is often overstated. Americans are more likely to die from everyday…
The Local Politics of Policing: The Case of Duterte’s Drug War
Guest post by Nico Ravanilla, Renard Sexton, and Dotan Haim Last month, a brutal police killing in the…
Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed…
An Award and a Warning: The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
By guest contributor Sarah Tucker and permanent contributor Timothy D. Sisk Tomorrow, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will award…
Gender and Political Violence
Guest post by Rose McDermott Recent commentary has noted that countries run by women have done a markedly…
New Presidency, New Policy: How Researchers Can Impact Policy
Vice President Joseph Biden has won the 2020 US Presidential Election against incumbent President Donald Trump. Biden said…