The Israeli-Palestinian Cold War, or Temporary Peace Through Incompatible Expectations
By Andrew Kydd. My impression of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today is that it has entered a Cold War…
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Brawl in Turkish National Assembly Indicates Deeper Trouble
Guest post by Christopher Gandrud. A surprising burst of violence broke out late last April in the Turkish…
Can Ugandans Achieve True Democracy? The Battle for Systemic Change
Guest post by Erin Mazursky In the lead up to presidential elections on February 18th, incumbent Ugandan President…
Why Haven’t We Seen a Third Palestinian Intifada (Or Are We)?
By Will H. Moore Last week, Foreign Affairs posted a podcast asking “Why Hasn’t there been a 3rd Intifada?”…
Does Democracy Constrain Rulers or Pacify Dissidents?
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues After two decades of slow but consistent progress toward more democratic governance,…
Bashir’s Visit
By Will H. Moore Sudanese President Omar al Bashir’s recent visit to, and from, South Africa raises interesting…
Where is the Muslim Gandhi?
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Recently, the Korbel School’s Center for Middle East Studies hosted a dialogue…
Senate Report on Torture Seems Unlikely to Lead to Greater Accountability
By Leslie Vinjamuri The executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture, released…
In Memoriam: Nelson Mandela
By Barbara F. Walter In the early 1990s, I took a class at the University of Chicago where we…
“An Ideal for Which I am Prepared to Die”
By Will H. Moore Fifty years ago South African police arrested Nelson Mandela, the leader of Umkhonto we…