Bread, Circuses, and Other Political Lessons We Should (Not) Have Learned From the Romans
Guest post by Joseph Weinberg In a recently published article, Ryan Baker and I made an argument about…
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Nonviolence Means Less Abuse
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues Did you hear about the scandal involving nonviolent accompaniers who sexually abused…
Who’s Afraid of Ajnad Misr?
By Allison Beth Hodgkins and Kamal Eldin Salah When IS’s Sinai affiliate Wilayat Sina’ (Province of Sinai) launched…
Counting Those Killed in Acts of Terror
By Will H. Moore Last week the New America Foundation made news with its release of a count…
Why Groups Use Terrorism: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom
Guest post by Max Abrahms Over the past decade, political scientists have learned a great deal about terrorism.…
Divining Divisions in Egypt’s Deep State
Guest post by Scott Williamson Several leaked conversations have been causing embarrassment for the regime of Egyptian President…
Does Conflict Correlate with Better Cuisine?
By Lionel Beehner Food has always been a potent symbol of international politics. Images of Soviet-era bread lines…
Mass Death Sentences Reflect Egypt’s Eliminationist Strategy
Guest post by Mohamad Elmasry Last Monday’s mass death sentences against 529 Egyptian civilians accused of killing a single…
Machine Coded Events Data and Hand-Coded Data
Guest post by Zachary C. Steinert-Threlkeld Working with events data has long posed a fundamental dilemma. On one hand,…
Obama’s Eden Moment
By Allison Beth Hodgkins As President Obama contemplates his next move on Syria, he would do well to consider…