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,…
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Military Dissent and Protest: When Soldiers Refuse Orders to Use Force
Guest post by David Pion-Berlin At a time when the horrors of war are on full display in…
What Superheroes Can Tell Us About American Violence
Guest post by Menaka Philips and Sequential Potential An unlikely figure has come to the fore in debates…
Nigerians and Americans Are Protesting Police Violence, But They Have Different Demands. Here’s Why
Guest post by Megan Turnbull Police brutality is an entrenched problem in Nigeria and the US, and 2020…
What Is Going on in America?
In June, Political Violence At A Glance editors Christian Davenport and Erica Chenoweth, through the Conflict Consortium, convened…
Trends in Militarized Policing: New Data and Puzzles
Guest post by Erica De Bruin In recent months, protests in support of Black Lives Matter—and the federal…
In Defense of Zombies
Guest post by Philip Luke Johnson During the COVID-19 pandemic, many have turned, perhaps counterintuitively, to films and…
Trash is Piling Up in Rural Colombia—That’s a Bad Sign for Peace
By Fiorella Vera-Adrianzén, Peter Dixon, Daniel Ortega, Edwin Cubillos Rodríguez, Manuela Muñoz Ramírez, Rosario Arias Callejas, Saraya Bonilla…
The Political Backlash of Repressive Policing
Guest post by Travis Curtice In the United States, thousands of protestors continue to take to the streets…
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…