Do No Harm: US Aid to Africa and Civilian Security
Guest post by Patricia L. Sullivan During her recent trip to Africa, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced…
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Are Militaries More Respectful of Human Rights Than the Police?
Guest post by Gustavo Flores-Macías and Jessica Zarkin This post is part of a series on illicit economies,…
Stop Trying to Convince Americans that Torture Doesn’t Work
Guest post by Ron E. Hassner Critics of US torture policy offer two kinds of arguments against torture.…
The Anatomy of Backsliding: Why is Democracy Consuming Itself?
Guest post by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman Well before 2016, the United States was becoming increasingly…
The Local Politics of Policing: The Case of Duterte’s Drug War
Guest post by Nico Ravanilla, Renard Sexton, and Dotan Haim Last month, a brutal police killing in the…
The Future of Conflict in Mining
Guest post by Anouk Rigterink and Kristen DeCaires Gall On June 17, 2019, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s…
News of A Kidnapping
Guest post by Danielle Gilbert In late January, an American named Mark Frerichs was kidnapped in Afghanistan. Like…
The Global Impacts of COVID-19
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected prospects for peace or conflict; political participation; and civil liberties around the…
When Do They Shoot? The Social Origins of Officers’ Disobedience
Guest post by Eric Hundman and Sarah E. Parkinson Between June 2 and 4, after a week of…
When Are Coups Fake News?
By guest contributor John Chin Despite the havoc that the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak around the world,…