The Views of US Muslims Towards Terrorism
By Craig Considine for Denver Dialogues. Recently, Muslims in the United States have been accused of being sympathetic…
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What We Know – and Don’t Know – about Religious Civil Wars
Guest post by Desirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson. Ongoing civil wars in Syria, Mali, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Thailand,…
The Organization of Rebellion: New Research Program on Rebel Governance and Legitimacy
By Cyanne E. Loyle, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, and Joe Young. Scholars and policymakers have a fairly good sense…
Concerns Over a Coercive Return of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon
By Kelsey Norman Last summer, the issue of refugees returning to Syria began making headlines. The UNHCR reported…
Making Sense of Trump’s War Against the Islamic State
By Adam Scharpf The Islamic State (IS) has lost most of its territory in Syria and Iraq. Some…
Are Micro Level Studies Important for Our Understanding of Civil War, Irregular Warfare, and Political Violence?
By Huseyin Tunc “Daesh members came to our village, Kocho in Shingal [north west Iraq]. Some wore masks…
The Women of ISIS: Gender and Political Violence
Guest Post by Laura Sjoberg It came as no surprise to me that women and girls who joined the…
Trump, Mattis, and the Future of Afghanistan
By Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues, featuring Deborah Avant, Nader Hashemi, and Kirstin Brathwaite. Last week, Secretary of…
Trump’s Emerging Policy on Countering Violent Extremism
By Michael Kalin for Denver Dialogues. Under the Trump administration, the fate of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)…
Why Terrorist Actors Cooperate
Guest post by Assaf Moghadam. In recent years, scholars have devoted increased attention to cooperation among militant actors.…