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…
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Jordan
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Ride on the Peace Bandwagon
By Allison Beth Hodgkins There are no commemorative coins marking the twentieth anniversary of Jordan’s 1994 peace treaty…
Canaries in the Coal Mine: What the “End of Christianity in Iraq” Tells Us About the State of Governance in the Arab World
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Last month there was a depressing article in the Washington Post entitled “Christianity in…
On Local Backlash to Foreign Human Rights Pressure
By Sarah Bush This spring, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that criminalizes homosexuality. At…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Conflict Spillover
Guest post by Idean Salehyan and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch The Syrian refugee crisis has been heartbreaking to watch. According to…