Read More Stop Trying to Convince Americans that Torture Doesn’t WorkMarch 28, 2022 Guest post by Ron E. Hassner Critics of US torture policy offer two kinds of arguments against torture.… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Is the US Headed Toward Civil War?January 6, 2022 This interview was originally published by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. On the anniversary of… Read More 15 0 0
Read More Why Conservatives Attacked the US Capitol: Decline and RadicalizationMay 24, 2021 Guest post by Andrew H. Kydd The conservative attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021… Read More 51 0 0
Read More Why Radicalization Is So Common, and What to Do About ItFebruary 5, 2021 Guest post by Todd Lehmann and Scott Tyson The storming of the US Capitol by a mob of… Read More 0 0 0
Read More An Illustrated Glossary of Political ViolenceJanuary 18, 2021 By Emily Hencken Ritter and Christian Davenport. Art by Sequential Potential. On January 6, 2020, a pro-Trump mob… Read More 0 0 0
Read More How Biden’s Pick for Defense Secretary Might Shake Up Civil-Military RelationsDecember 8, 2020 On Tuesday, sources confirmed that President-elect Joe Biden’s nominations for the cabinet would include retired Army general Lloyd… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Why It Matters if Trump Rejects the Election ResultNovember 11, 2020 Guest post by Philip A. Martin As of this writing, President Donald Trump appears determined to deny that… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Democracy in Crisis: Do Americans Support Deploying Election Monitors?November 3, 2020 Guest post by Travis Curtice and Charles Crabtree Today is election day in the United States. As polls… Read More 13 0 0
Read More Contention—and Its Alternatives—During and After the American ElectionOctober 30, 2020 It’s been an election season unlike any other. Voter turnout is so far at an all-time high, and… Read More 11 0 0
Read More Will the US Experience Election Violence? Lessons from KenyaOctober 29, 2020 Guest post by Kathleen Klaus Kenya experienced one of the worst episodes of election violence in 2007 when… Read More 0 0 0