The Diversification of Militant Violence
By Evan Perkoski and Philip Potter for Denver Dialogues. When militants kill civilians, media outlets often focus on the particular tactics that…
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What Could a Trump Presidency Mean for Syria?
Guest post by Clarence Moore. Throughout a long and surprising campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised enthusiastic crowds that…
How to Distinguish Supporters From Opponents in Counterinsurgency
By Aila M. Matanock and Miguel García-Sánchez. Knowing when civilians are likely to side with counterinsurgents has been a…
Four Trends That Could Put the Democratic Peace at Risk
By Philip B.K. Potter. Political scientists generally agree that democracies have a foreign policy advantage, particularly when it comes…
Living Among 20 Million Muslims
Post by Allison Beth Hodgkins. The assumption undergirding the Republican nominee’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the United…
Violence in Turkey Is Increasingly Resembling Violence in Syria – Here’s Data to Show Why
Guest post by Güneş Murat Tezcür & Clayton Besaw. While the world has been focused on the violence…
Challenges to US-Russian Military Coordination in Syria
By Sara Bjerg Moller. Last week’s announcement of a cease-fire agreement between the United States and Russia seemed to…
US Security Assistance and Terrorism: An Inconvenient Truth?
Guest post by Ed Coughlan. According to the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) dataset, US assistance to foreign military,…
Terrorism’s Media-Politics Complex
Guest post by Brian Forst. The massacre of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice was tragic enough. No…
Mapping Territorial Control in Civil Wars
By James Igoe Walsh, Michael Findley, Daniel Strandow, and Jean-Claude Thill. How does control of territory influence the course of…