Read More Questions on Torture with Joe YoungAugust 10, 2020 In this interview, Joe Young talks about his new book, Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use… Read More 1 0 0
Read More Local Problems, Local Solutions: Domestic Human Rights Institutions and TortureApril 12, 2017 Guest post by Ryan M. Welch. Over the last 15 years, the US government’s relationship with torture has… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Does Democracy Constrain Rulers or Pacify Dissidents?July 21, 2015 By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues After two decades of slow but consistent progress toward more democratic governance,… Read More 7 0 0
Read More Senate Report on Torture Seems Unlikely to Lead to Greater AccountabilityDecember 24, 2014 By Leslie Vinjamuri The executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture, released… Read More 0 0 0
Read More The CIA Torture Program: A Case of Can’t Control or Won’t Control?December 23, 2014 Guest post by Neil Mitchell The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence tells us that America’s ineffective torture policy… Read More 0 0 0
Read More Do Revelations of Injustice Increase Violence?December 11, 2014 By Erica Chenoweth Critics of the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s use of… Read More 110 0 1
Read More The Trajectory of Public Opinion about TortureMay 14, 2014 By Will H. Moore In a forthcoming American Political Science Review article, Chris Fariss reports that: The standard of… Read More 0 0 0
The Worst Kind of TortureApril 16, 2014 By Joseph Young Nearly all states torture. Kingdoms, personalist and military dictatorships, and even democracies use this tool… Read More 0 0 0
Does Torture Work?April 14, 2014 Guest post by Christopher Sullivan More precisely, does committing torture enable state forces to limit subsequent acts of violence?… Read More 14 0 0
Read More Democratic Elections Deter Torture, Right?July 1, 2013 By Will H. Moore Good day. Are you in search of some uplifting news? If so, this is… Read More 14 0 0