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The US Designates Yemen’s Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization

  • January 19, 2021
Guest post by Marta Furlan As the clock ticks for the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
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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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What We Know – and Don’t Know – about Religious Civil Wars

  • May 23, 2018
Guest post by Desirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson. Ongoing civil wars in Syria, Mali, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Thailand,…
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What Could a Trump Presidency Mean for Syria?

  • December 7, 2016
Guest post by Clarence Moore. Throughout a long and surprising campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised enthusiastic crowds that…
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Remember Daesh is a Network

  • November 20, 2015
By Deborah Avant With the downing of a Russian plane, suicide bombings in Lebanon, and carnage in Paris,…
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Don’t Let A Setback Become a Defeat

  • November 18, 2015
By Andrew Kydd The terrorist attacks in Paris are a stinging loss in the war against the Islamic…
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The Crisis Around the Corner

  • October 7, 2015
By Patrick Pierson Whether ISIS, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or continued unrest in Libya, one doesn’t have to look…
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Insurgent Defection in Civil War: Lessons from Colombia for Combating ISIS

  • September 28, 2015
Guest post by Ben Oppenheim, Abbey Steele, Juan F. Vargas, and Michael Weintraub The Islamic State of Iraq…
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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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Why Is ISIS the First Islamist Rebel Group to Claim to Resurrect the Caliphate?

  • July 17, 2014
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In response to our Would Someone Please Explain This to Me? post, commenter Chris C wrote: Why…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

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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.