Al-Muhajiroun May be Appalling, but it is Not a Conveyor Belt to Terrorism
Guest post by Michael Kenney. The upcoming prison release of Britain’s most famous “hate preacher,” Anjem Choudary, has…
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Repression, Regime Consolidation, and Latin America’s Authoritarian (Re)Turn
By Kai Thaler for Denver Dialogues. This week, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is planning to attend the United…
How Assad Won the Syrian Civil War Before It Began
Guest post by Eric Mosinger. In recent months, many observers of the still-smoldering civil war in Syria have…
The Most Surprising Thing About the Venezuela Drone Attack is that it Hasn’t Happened Sooner
By Julia Macdonald for Denver Dialogues. Approximately one month ago a group of dissident soldiers reportedly attempted to…
How Human Boundaries Become State Borders: Territorial Change Now and in the Future
Guest post by Peter Krause and Ehud Eiran. State-led attempts to expand their territory are becoming less and…
Guns vs. Butter: Insurgent Service Provision in the Lake Chad Basin
Guest post by Gray Barrett and Patrick Pierson. As the influence of ISIS wanes in the Middle East,…
Migration in the Mediterranean: A Second Crisis of Europe’s Making
By Devon Cone and Kelsey P. Norman for Denver Dialogues. EU heads of state met two weeks ago…
What We Know – and Don’t Know – about Religious Civil Wars
Guest post by Desirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson. Ongoing civil wars in Syria, Mali, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Thailand,…
States are Far Less Likely to Engage in Mass Violence Against Nonviolent Uprisings than Violent Uprisings
By Erica Chenoweth and Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues. What drives governments to crack down on and kill…
Can International Organizations Help Prevent Civil Wars?
Guest post by Johannes Karreth and Jaroslav Tir. At the recent Kuwait International Conference on Reconstruction of Iraq,…