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Funeral of Qasem Soleimani, Teran, Iran on 6 January 2020. Photo courtesy of Mehr News Agency.
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Soleimani’s Assassination: What Will Iran Do Next?

  • January 8, 2020
By Navin Bapat On January 2, an American airstrike killed Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Soleimani was the famed…
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All Stick, No Carrots: The Shortsighted Geopolitics of the Iran Sanctions

  • August 21, 2018
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues.  The Trump administration, having withdrawn the United States from the Joint Comprehensive…
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Was the End of the Cold War the Beginning of the Oil Curse?

  • January 16, 2018
By Cullen S. Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Oil is the world’s most widely-traded commodity, and–a few alternative fuel…
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Symposium: Oil and International Politics

  • May 3, 2016
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Oil is the world’s most widely traded commodity and the key input…
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Financing Rebellion Through Maritime Piracy

  • August 20, 2015
Guest post by Ursala Daxecker and Brandon Prins In June 2008, a floating production storage and offloading vessel…
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The Biggest Threat to the Middle East Isn’t ISIL. It’s Civil Wars.

  • August 17, 2015
By Barbara F. Walter The greatest threat to American interests in the Middle East doesn’t come from ISIL…
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Extractive Industries in Violent Contexts: A Conversation with Luke Danielson

  • May 19, 2015
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues The European Union will soon vote on minerals regulation aimed at addressing…
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Where is the Muslim Gandhi?

  • April 14, 2015
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Recently, the Korbel School’s Center for Middle East Studies hosted a dialogue…
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Yemen is Even More Dangerous Than We Think

  • January 26, 2015
By Barbara F. Walter and Kenneth M. Pollack People think Yemen is dangerous to United States because of…
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The Dangerous Mixture of Oil and Water in Iraq

  • August 18, 2014
Guest post by Ariel Ahram Iraq stands alone in the Arab world in having large quantities of two…
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Political Violence @ a Glance is an online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara Walter and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Political Violence @ A Glance is supported by the UC Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation, a University of California think tank specializing in research, training, and policy engagement around issues related to international security, economic development, political violence and its antecedents, and peace building.