The Organization of Rebellion: New Research Program on Rebel Governance and Legitimacy
By Cyanne E. Loyle, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, and Joe Young. Scholars and policymakers have a fairly good sense…
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Why Egypt’s Presidential Elections are Neither Democratic nor Contentious
By Dawn Brancati and Shimaa Hatab. On March 26-28, Egypt will hold its third presidential elections since the…
In the UN Security Council, Agreement, Not Discord, is the Norm. But has it Worked for Peacekeeping?
Guest post by Lise Morjé Howard and Anjali Kaushlesh Dayal The UN Security Council’s five permanent members—the United…
Concerns Over a Coercive Return of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon
By Kelsey Norman Last summer, the issue of refugees returning to Syria began making headlines. The UNHCR reported…
Why Civil Wars have Gotten Longer, Bloodier, and More Numerous
By Barbara F. Walter. A series of alarming trends are converging in the world of civil wars. Since…
Trump, Mattis, and the Future of Afghanistan
By Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues, featuring Deborah Avant, Nader Hashemi, and Kirstin Brathwaite. Last week, Secretary of…
The (Overblown) Concerns Linking Foreign Fighters, Civil Wars, and Terrorist Campaigns
Guest post by Alex Braithwaite and Tiffany Chu. More than 30,000 foreign fighters from 100 countries have entered…
Why Terrorist Actors Cooperate
Guest post by Assaf Moghadam. In recent years, scholars have devoted increased attention to cooperation among militant actors.…
The Future of War is in Cities – the Study of War Should Follow Suit
By Margarita Konaev for Denver Dialogues. On March 17th, a US airstrike killed nearly 300 people in the…
Public Intellectuals, International Security, and Trump
By Rachel A. Epstein and Martin Rhodes for Denver Dialogues. Populist politicians like Donald Trump are rightly credited…