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Why Healthy Skepticism About This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize is Warranted

  • December 10, 2020
Guest post by Ida Rudolfsen Today the World Food Program (WFP) receives this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The…
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Twenty years after UNSCR 1325: Any progress ending wartime sexual violence?

  • October 30, 2020
Guest post by Ragnhild Nordås, Dara Kay Cohen, Robert Nagel Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking…
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The Big Lesson of Peacekeeping in Sudan: Beware of Host-Country Obstruction

  • September 3, 2020
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
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Have We Seen Another Coup in Guinea-Bissau?

  • April 21, 2020
By guest contributor Daniel Rio Tinto Roughly a year ago, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Besaw wrote a guest…
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The ISIS flag as graffiti. Photo courtesy of Thierry Ehrmann.
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What if Al Qaeda and the Islamic State Joined Forces?

  • March 23, 2020
By Evan Perkoski What if Al Qaeda and the Islamic State were to join forces? At first glance,…
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Fact Checkers Exposed Trump but also Exposed Human Rights Reporting

  • May 29, 2019
Guest post by Suzie Mulesky. Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border During the longest-running US government shutdown, President…
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What Game of Thrones Can Tell Us About Russia’s Foreign Policy

  • May 17, 2019
Guest post by Betcy Jose and Christoph Stefes. White House National Security Advisor John Bolton recently declared, “In…
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What to do When Women Politicians are Attacked? Here are Four Ideas from Around the World

  • May 14, 2019
By Juliana Restrepo Sanín for Denver Dialogues. In a previous post, I discussed how women elected to public…
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The Prevention of Civil War – A New Research Agenda

  • April 29, 2019
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann. Political instability has gripped Algeria, Cameroon, and Sudan in recent weeks and months.…
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Force vs. Legitimacy: UN Peacekeeping and Protecting Civilian Lives

  • April 22, 2019
Guest post by Anup Phayal. In recent years, protection of civilians has become a key mandate for UN…
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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

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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.