Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed…
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The Costs of a “New Cold War” Are Higher than You Think
Guest post by Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth Great power rivalry is back, and so, unfortunately,…
The Stability-Instability Pandemic
By Evan Perkoski Will the COVID-19 pandemic increase or decrease conflict around the globe? Across myriad blog posts…
African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
5 Questions on Development and Conflict
By guest contributors Eli Berman and David Lake Violence is a feature of life in many developing countries.…
COVID-19 and Armed Conflict: What We Know, and Why We Should Worry
By Timothy Sisk It is time to face up to the worrying implications of COVID-19 for armed conflict,…
Migrants, Abandoned
By guest contributor Chiara Ruffa The scenes are by now familiar: the Greek Coast Guard firing on a…
Is the Responsibility to Protect Dead? The View From Libya
By Lisa Hultman World leaders met recently in Berlin to discuss solutions for ending the civil conflict in…
Three Lessons from the History of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change
Guest post by Melissa Willard-Foster. It took only minutes for the Trump Administration to support Venezuela’s opposition leader,…
The Case of the Missing Dictators
By Barbara F. Walter. Two weeks ago I asked why so many African dictators resigned in the short…