Democracy Is the Antidote to State Repression
Lindsay Morgan interviews Christian Davenport and Ben Appel In the latest Talking Policy episode, Christian Davenport, one of…
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23 posts
Will the Afghan Peace Talks Succeed?
By Aila M. Matanock Last Saturday saw Afghan factions come together in Doha for peace talks. The Taliban,…
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Economic Consequences
By guest contributors Austin Doctor and Stephen Bagwell The weeks leading up to Cameroon’s February 2020 parliamentary and…
DispatchEveryday Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic
By Allard Duursma Imagine this: You are a farmer in northwest Central African Republic. In 2013, several of…
Diversions: Zombies!
In 2013, PV@G editor Joe Young wrote a post about a perennial favorite: zombies. Joe suggested that stories…
Militarization of the Police
Guest post by Lindsay P. Cohn The COVID-19 pandemic raises important questions about civil liberties and the use…
Violence in Mexico May Be Worse Than You Think
By Aila M. Matanock In February, a 25-year-old woman named Ingrid Escamilla was stabbed to death, and her…
Good Reads
By Emily Hencken Ritter and guest contributor Jessica Maves Braithwaite It’s the new year, and like the rest…
Hard-liners Get What They Want In Israel—A Sanction for More Violence
by Joel Day The recent murder of a Jewish settler in the West Bank has changed the settlement debate…
Violent Democracy in Bangladesh
By Bert Suykens and Julian Kuttig The 2016 attack in the heart of Dhaka’s diplomatic zone Holey Artisan Bakery, left 22…