Read More Peace Enforcement and the Geography of Violence Against CiviliansMarch 23, 2018 Guest post by Jay Benson. UN peacekeeping is facing significant challenges. The peacekeeping budget has taken significant cuts,… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Conflict Cows in the Congo?February 16, 2017 Guest post by Judith Verweijen. In June 2014, over 35 civilians were killed in the village of Mutarule… Read More 5 0 0
Read More Why the Method MattersMay 26, 2016 By Thomas Zeitzoff. A recent article in the Chronicle discusses anthropologist Scott Atran’s work in Iraq and Syria.… Read More 23 0 0
Read More What An Afghan Warlord-Turned Vice President Tells Us About Military Intervention and State BuildingMay 19, 2016 Guest post by Romain Malejacq. Last month, American officials denied Afghan warlord-turned Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum a… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Understanding Military (Non)Support in the Wake of Constitutional CoupsFebruary 26, 2016 By Kara Kingma Neu and Deborah Avant. Scholars of democratization in Africa have witnessed a troubling trend: an… Read More 11 0 0
Read More From the Battlefield to Ballot Boxes: How Effective is the United Nations’ Post-War Democracy Promotion?December 9, 2015 Guest post by Janina I. Steinert and Sonja Grimm In November of this year, the people of Côte d’Ivoire re-elected… Read More 11 0 0
Read More State Responses to Local Conflict: Providing Security or Protecting Interests?November 12, 2015 By Emma Elfversson When violence erupted in late 2014 between local communities in Turkana, Kenya, where oil was recently… Read More 12 0 0
Read More UN’s New Intervention in DRC: Offensive or Inoffensive?July 3, 2013 By Lionel Beehner With President Obama just wrapping up his trip to Africa, it’s worth pausing to consider the… Read More 0 0 0
Déjà vu in Central AfricaAugust 9, 2012 By David E. Cunningham For the last several weeks, M23, a new rebel group made up of former soldiers… Read More 0 0 0