A Closer Look: Corporal punishment of boys drives violent political activism in Thailand
Guest post by Elin Bjarnegård and Erik Melander, with Karen Brounéus. How is corporal punishment connected to political…
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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,…
Beliefs About Male Superiority Help Explain Why More Gender-equal Societies are More Peaceful
by Elin Bjarnegård, Karen Brounéus, and Erik Melander Male political activists in Thailand who subscribed to masculine honor ideology were…
The Political Motives Behind Bangladesh’s Abuse of Rohingya Refugees
Guest post by Sam Schiffer. Half a million ethnic Rohingya, a Muslim people, have fled their native Myanmar…
It’s the Economy, Stupid (But Blame Minority Groups)
Guest post by Graig R. Klein, Carla Martinez Machain, and Efe Tokdemir. In an effort to rally political support during…
WANTED: UN Peacekeepers for Mali
By Marina Henke. In early June UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made an urgent plea to increase the…
Religious Peace Activism: How the Daily Work of Local Religious Institutions Can Help Prevent Violent Conflict
Guest post by Johannes Vüllers, Alexander De Juan and Jan H. Pierskalla Headlines associating religion and political violence grab…
Nonviolent Conflicts in 2014 You May Have Missed Because They Were Not Violent
By Erica Chenoweth Last week, Steven Pinker and Andy Mack wrote an article reassuring Slate readers that the…
Ukraine and Thailand: They Are the Real Deal
By Erica Chenoweth In case you missed it, Viktor Yanukovich’s U-turn on European integration has incensed many Ukrainians, who…