A closer look at the Gaza casualty data Marc Lynch and Sarah Parkinson - December 14, 2023 Casualty counts can be a political tool – and how we report the data has real consequences.
The Trump administration is curtailing visas for Chinese scientists. That could backfire. Caroline S. Wagner - June 26, 2020 Excluding foreign researchers and students hurts U.S. innovation — and coronavirus collaboration
The Trump administration wants to shut down vaping? Over a century ago, the government urged soldiers to smoke. Peter Andreas - February 27, 2020 How cigarettes won big in World War I
Democracy matters for health care. Here’s how we measured this. Tom Bollyky, Tara Templin, and Simon Wigley - March 21, 2019 The effects are greatest for chronic diseases.
Are Sri Lankan officers ordering soldiers to sexually assault Tamil detainees? Kate Cronin-Furman - November 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66336" align="alignleft" width="960"] A Sri Lankan soldier stands at
Controversial 2006 estimate of Iraq deaths remains controversial Andrew Gelman - April 27, 2015 A colleague pointed me to this article by Nafeez Ahmed,
Who has responsibility for Ebola? The IMF, the West, or unpleasant accounting? Chris Blattman - January 7, 2015 [caption id="attachment_19849" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] People hold up signs as they
Did the International Monetary Fund help make the Ebola crisis? Chris Blattman - December 30, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19619" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] An Ebola sign placed in front
Dispute over counts of child deaths in Iraq due to sanctions Andrew Gelman - July 12, 2010 Mike Spagat writes: Here is yet another debunking article I've
Politics Everywhere: Aid and Disaster Relief Edition Henry Farrell - February 4, 2010 The "Financial Times":http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7813460-07bf-11df-915f-00144feabdc0.html had a piece a few days ago
Did Post-communist Privatizaton = Mass Murder? Maybe Not Claims New Study Joshua Tucker - February 1, 2010 One does not normally expect to find a political scientist
Conflict over conflict-resolution research Andrew Gelman - December 20, 2009 Mike Spagat writes: I hope that this new paper [by