This tiny African country got the U.N.’s top court to investigate Myanmar for genocide Oumar Ba - January 28, 2020 Why would Gambia step up for the Muslim minority Rohingya thousands of miles away?
The U.N. Climate Summit starts today. Here’s what it can — and can’t — achieve. Jessica Green - September 23, 2019 It has limits. But it’s not the only game in town.
Here’s what Erick Erickson gets wrong about dictators and migration Kathryn Sikkink - December 5, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81107" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Undocumented Venezuelans are held in a
This is what will happen if Trump brings back secret prisons Kathryn Sikkink and Averell Schmidt - February 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53738" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The seal of the CIA is
Where do ousted dictators go? Fewer countries now offer a warm welcome. Daniel Krcmaric and Abel Escribà-Folch - January 30, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53276" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Gambia's defeated president, Yahya Jammeh, left
Here’s why the WHO responded so differently to Zika and Ebola Amy Patterson - April 4, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38417" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Municipal workers wait before spraying insecticide
Demilitarizing the police is not an option. What is? Erica Marat - August 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14757" align="alignnone" width="620"] A demonstrator, who declined to give
Political science after Gaza Marc Lynch - July 29, 2014 [caption id="attachment_13766" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Smoke rises from Tuffah neighborhood after
Can there be an ethical Middle East political science? Marc Lynch - July 3, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12584" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Syrian refugee boy sits outside
Political Science and The Act of Killing Erik Voeten - August 12, 2013 The Act of Killing is a truly incredible movie that
The ICC, Deterrence, and Amnesty Erik Voeten - April 2, 2013 As usual, I agree with most of what Jim Fearon
Governing the World: A Review Erik Voeten - January 3, 2013 The past decade has treated us to some excellent histories
Political scientists in public debate Henry Farrell - February 29, 2012 At the Monkey Cage, we tend to talk about specific
Do Human Rights Prosecutions Deter Dictators From Leaving Power? Another Follow-Up to Sikkink Joshua Tucker - September 20, 2011 In response to "James Hollyer's response in The Monkey Cage":http://tmc.org/blog/2011/09/19/human-rights-prosecutions-and-distinguishing-between-nascent-democracies-and-autocracies-a-response-to-sikkink/
Human Rights Prosecutions and Distinguishing Between Nascent Democracies and Autocracies: A Response to Sikkink Joshua Tucker - September 19, 2011 James Hollyer, a Leitner Fellow at Yale University, sends along
On the Value of Human Rights Prosecutions John Sides - September 18, 2011 Kathryn Sikkink in the New York Times: My research shows