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Torture

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Questions on Torture with Joe Young

  • August 10, 2020
In this interview, Joe Young talks about his new book, Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use…
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Local Problems, Local Solutions: Domestic Human Rights Institutions and Torture

  • April 12, 2017
Guest post by Ryan M. Welch. Over the last 15 years, the US government’s relationship with torture has…
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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,…
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Senate Report on Torture Seems Unlikely to Lead to Greater Accountability

  • December 24, 2014
By Leslie Vinjamuri The executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture, released…
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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…
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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…
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The Trajectory of Public Opinion about Torture

  • May 14, 2014
By Will H. Moore In a forthcoming American Political Science Review article, Chris Fariss reports that: The standard of…
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The Worst Kind of Torture

  • April 16, 2014
By Joseph Young Nearly all states torture. Kingdoms, personalist and military dictatorships, and even democracies use this tool…
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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?…
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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…
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Political Violence @ a Glance is an online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara Walter and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Political Violence @ A Glance is supported by the UC Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation, a University of California think tank specializing in research, training, and policy engagement around issues related to international security, economic development, political violence and its antecedents, and peace building.