Explaining Turkey’s Cross-Border Operation into Syria
By Lionel Beehner The Turkish incursion into northern Syria has revealed a central truth in international affairs: that the…
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Swedish Report Shows No Connection Between Immigration and Rape
Guest post by Kristine Eck and Christopher Fariss. A month after his inauguration, President Trump brought Sweden into…
Why has Sudan’s Tolerance for Anti-Regime Protests Run Dry?
By Dawn Brancati. In early June, Sudanese paramilitary forces fired live ammunition into an unarmed crowd of protesters…
Iran’s Long Shadow in Syria
Guest post by Khaled Terkawi. When I was in the old Homs city in 2012, the rebels arrested…
Can Turkey Protect the Uighurs?
Guest post by Emir Yazici. Several international actors have condemned China’s ongoing massive assimilation campaign of Uighur Muslims…
Hybrid Warfare is Here to Stay. Now What?
Guest post by Kristina Hook. “Hybrid warfare is the new normal,” announced NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging…
What’s at Stake for Syrian Returnees
By Kelsey Norman for Denver Dialogues. In February 2018 the UN divided its support of the repatriation of…
The Case of the Missing Dictators
By Barbara F. Walter. Two weeks ago I asked why so many African dictators resigned in the short…
How to Encourage Shiites and Sunnis to Get Along? Lessons from a Study in Lebanon.
Guest post by Han Il Chang and Leonid Peisakhin. Relations between Shiites and Sunnis are strained across much…
Push-pull migration models have long dominated migration research. Here’s why that’s only half the story.
Guest post by Justin Schon. Whether it is people fleeing the devastation of natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina,…