DispatchIn War-Torn Colombia, One Community Stands Up to Outsiders
Guest post by Juan Masullo and Julia Zulver In Colombia’s lush Catatumbo region, nestled against the Venezuelan border,…
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Will the Protesters Return? Civil Disobedience in the Time of COVID-19
Guest post by Olga Onuch, Gwen Sasse, Henry Hale, Volodymyr Kulyk and Felipe G. Santos With government bans on…
War Isn’t (Quite) the Right Metaphor for COVID-19
Guest post by Sara Plana and Sanne Verschuren The analogy of the COVID-19 crisis as war is inescapable.…
Militaries and COVID-19: Implications for Human Rights and Democracy
By Katariina Mustasilta and Roman-Gabriel Olar Countries around the world are increasingly relying on their militaries to battle…
The Stability-Instability Pandemic
By Evan Perkoski Will the COVID-19 pandemic increase or decrease conflict around the globe? Across myriad blog posts…
Why We Struggle to Address Invisible Threats: COVID-19 and Cybercrime
By guest contributor Divya Ramjee We are fighting an “invisible enemy.” The phrase has been frequently used to…
Is COVID-19 “Shrinking” the State?
By Juan Tellez Much has been written lately about the potential for COVID-19 to instigate or exacerbate political…
Diversions: Brexit
This week’s Diversion takes us back to 2016, a few weeks after the June “Brexit” vote in Britain,…
Roadblocks to Legitimacy for the Taliban
By guest contributor Shikshya Adhikari The Taliban’s attempts to garner political legitimacy cannot go unnoticed. The Taliban were…
COVID-19 May Increase the Risk of Human Trafficking: Prevention Efforts Should Start Now
By guest contributor Catherine Z. Worsnop COVID-19 is not the great equalizer some suggested it would be. Instead,…