South Sudan promised to investigate civil war atrocities. Why hasn’t that happened?
The peace deal included a plan for an Africa-led hybrid court
Do the Olympics promote nationalism — and international conflict? Here’s the research.
Real-world rivalries often play out in the Olympic arena
Peru’s military say Shining Path insurgents killed 16 civilians. Others are not so sure.
Here’s how the politics of fear — and the legacy of old violence — may factor into Sunday’s voting.
A special Kosovo war crimes court will try its ex-president. So how do ‘hybrid’ courts work?
Courts that are simultaneously domestic and international can help overcome suspicions about fairness
15 countries just signed the world’s largest trade pact. The U.S. isn’t one of them.
Will the U.S. economy suffer as nations in the Asia-Pacific region get closer?
Why China and the U.S. can’t cooperate to fight coronavirus
These new rifts have begun to emerge
Covid-19 reveals how China’s internal politics now affect the whole world
What happens in Wuhan doesn’t stay in Wuhan
The Trump administration approved the U.S. use of land mines. That’s a step back for global campaigns to ban their deployment.
It isn’t clear whether land mines offer any military advantages
The U.N. passed a Russia-backed cybercrime resolution. That’s not good news for Internet freedom.
Moscow is becoming far more skilled in advancing its agenda at the United Nations.
The U.S. Navy and Southeast Asian nations held joint maneuvers for the first time. What are the key takeaways?
Beijing held similar maritime exercises in 2018.
The U.S. revoked the visa for the ICC prosecutor. That bodes poorly for international criminal justice.
If the U.S. doesn’t respect international law, why should other nations?
The point of the Afghanistan ‘peace deal’ is simple: The U.S. wants to get out
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Why is the Senate challenging Trump on Yemen?
Here’s what you need to know.
China just asserted its hold over the South China Sea. Will ASEAN nations push back?
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A photo taken April 21, 2017,
Did Xi Jinping just become China’s strongman? Not quite.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/chinese-president-positioned-to-rule-indefinitely/2018/02/25/fe8eec10-1a58-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_video.html What does it mean that the Chinese Communist Party
Happy (belated) birthday, Watergate break-in!
[caption id="attachment_60057" align="aligncenter" width="375"] A Herblock cartoon from the April
Cambodia’s leader just cracked down on the opposition, and the consequences will be dramatic
[caption id="attachment_54620" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, toasts
How Western aid enables graft addiction in Ukraine
[caption id="attachment_40122" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, and
Taiwan kicked out its ruling party for getting too close to mainland China. Here’s what comes next.
[caption id="attachment_35132" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Supporters of Democratic Progressive Party presidential
‘Migrants’ or ‘refugees’? It’s the wrong question.
Here's how to help people fleeing to Europe.
We predicted Burundi's crisis. Is the response working?
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We predicted Burundi’s crisis. Is the response working?
[caption id="attachment_25909" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Soldiers clear a roadblock set by
The OECD’s fragility index is surprisingly fragile and difficult to reproduce
In its 2015 States of Fragility report, the Organization for
The OECD's fragility index is surprisingly fragile and difficult to reproduce
In its 2015 States of Fragility report, the Organization for
The Islamic State as an ordinary insurgency
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Executive election rules in dictatorships matter. Here’s why.
[caption id="attachment_24680" align="aligncenter" width="640"] President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon
The best and worst elections of 2014
[caption id="attachment_21285" align="aligncenter" width="1430"] The global map of electoral integrity,
Hot pursuit in Syria and in history
[caption id="attachment_16272" align="aligncenter" width="575"] Pancho Villa (Smithsonian)[/caption] Secretary of State
The logic of violence in the Islamic State’s war
[caption id="attachment_12670" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Militants take part in a parade
The logic of violence in the Islamic State's war
[caption id="attachment_12670" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Militants take part in a parade
Was Obama wrong to withdraw troops from Iraq?
[caption id="attachment_12361" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Smoke billows from an area controlled
The Homebound "Imperial Presidency"
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The Homebound “Imperial Presidency”
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Autocrats now more vulnerable to being ousted by revolt
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Miguel Gutierrez/EPA) Opposition demonstrators clash
Where are the flawed elections?
Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John
How Much Does History Help Us Predict the Success of a Syrian Intervention?
The empirical studies that Erica Chenoweth has highlighted in the
Jonathan Kirshner on Hollywood
A bit of a departure from our usual fare -
Worse than Watergate? A History Lesson.
The fatal attack on the American consulate in Libya last
Do Educated Ethnic Minorities Choose Nonviolent Resistance?
Renat Shaykhutdinov has an interesting piece in the July 2011
War Powers Irresolution
A question raised by a "Politico story":http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51687.html yesterday -- "Did
Update on estimates of war deaths
I posted a couple days ago on a controversy over