Are We On the Cusp of a Global Wave of Regime Change?
Guest post by Vilde Lunnan Djuve, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Tore Wig When President Omar Bashir’s 30-year rule…
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Soleimani’s Murder Turns the Focus of Middle East Protest Towards the US—For Now
By Idean Salehyan The world’s attention has been focused on the assassination of the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, Iranian…
Breakaway Youth in Lebanon? (Think Twice)
Guest post by Michael Hoffman Since October 17, Lebanon has witnessed sustained large-scale demonstrations against its ruling elite,…
Is Political Protest Contagious?
By Dawn Brancati and Adrián Lucardi Large, anti-government protests have taken place in recent months on every continent…
More Than Reporting: Media Portrayal of Protests Can Impact Their Success (and Failure)
Guest post by Pearce Edwards and Daniel Arnon In recent months, a wave of mass protests has broken…
Fissures in Sisi’s Egypt, and the New Wave of Protests Across the Middle East
Guest post by Kelsey Norman Egypt has arguably seen the most heavy handed retrenchment of authoritarianism in the…
Iran’s Long Shadow in Syria
Guest post by Khaled Terkawi. When I was in the old Homs city in 2012, the rebels arrested…
What’s at Stake for Syrian Returnees
By Kelsey Norman for Denver Dialogues. In February 2018 the UN divided its support of the repatriation of…
How to Encourage Shiites and Sunnis to Get Along? Lessons from a Study in Lebanon.
Guest post by Han Il Chang and Leonid Peisakhin. Relations between Shiites and Sunnis are strained across much…
Making Efforts to Improve UN Peacekeeping
Guest post by Chiara Ruffa. UN peacekeeping often works: overwhelming evidence tells us it saves lives, and—usually—keeps peace…