Implications of the Saudi-Iran Deal for Yemen
Guest post by Marta Furlan In 2014, the Houthis, a Zaydi Shia armed group from the Sa’ada region…
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Why Democracies Aren’t More Reliable Alliance Partners
Guest post by Mark Nieman and Doug Gibler Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off a security spiral in…
Counterrevolutions Are Much More Successful at Toppling Unarmed Revolutions. Here’s Why.
Guest post by Killian Clarke Counterrevolutions have historically received much less attention than revolutions, but the last decade…
Power, Not Peace: The Achilles’ Heel of the Olympic Games
By Timothy Sisk The row between International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
Popular Mobilization Makes Democracy More Likely After a Coup
Guest post by Marianne Dahl and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Some have suggested that military coups are the best…
Explaining Public Attitudes Toward Refugees
Guest post by Burcu Pinar Alakoc Political discourse around refugees and forced migration matters. Research shows that elite…
Revisiting the Emboldening Power of Nuclear Weapons
Guest post by Kyungwon Suh Do nuclear weapons make their possessors more aggressive? A series of high-profile aggressive…
Civil Society Faces an Uphill Struggle to Defend Democracy
Guest post by Marianne Dahl, Sirianne Dahlum, Hanne Fjelde, and Ida Rudolfsen The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this…
Can Debt Relief Constrain Repressive Governments?
Guest post by Brett L. Carter The African continent is confronting the prospect of a new debt crisis.…
Who Attacked Montenegro? The Moral And Strategic Hazards of Misassigning Blame
Guest post by Erica D. Lonergan and Maggie Smith A few weeks ago, Montenegro—a NATO member—was hit with…