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Peru’s government forcibly sterilized Indigenous women from 1996 to 2001, the women say. Why? Ñusta Carranza Ko - February 18, 2021 Indigenous women have been demanding justice ever since.
This is the problem with trying to destroy the Islamic State Colin Clarke and Chad Serena - July 12, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42441" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A fighter of the Islamic State
Peru might elect an authoritarian president. These four maps tell you why. Maritza Paredes - June 3, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41590" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Quechua Indian woman walks past
Does taking out a kingpin – like El Chapo – actually reduce violence? Brian Phillips - July 17, 2015 The recent jailbreak of Joaquín “El Chapo” Gúzmán, leader of
The power of soft power in Kazakhstan Marlene Laruelle - May 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_24171" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] Traffic moves past reelection
Informal counterinsurgency from Iraq to Nigeria: Who pays the price? Sabine Carey and Neil Mitchell - December 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19420" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Iraqi soldiers supported by volunteers from
What Happens When Terrorist Leaders Are Killed? John Sides - May 3, 2011 bq. The 2006 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism lists leadership
Are a lot of us potential militant extremists? - June 1, 2009 A fascinating new study of militant extremism contains a useful