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“This country and the world is a better place by taking out the Ayatollah and dismantling the nuclear capabilities and the weaponry within Iran.”

Abstract. Recent studies have questioned whether nonviolent tactics can be effective for ethnic minorities. However, they often overlook multiethnic coalit

Hamas’ October 7 attack, the recent Syrian offensive, and the 2021 resurgence of the Myanmar civil war are all contexts in which armed groups launch major attacks after periods of seeming qui…

The past two years have seen the most conflicts of any time since the end of the Second World War.

Conversations don’t immediately change people’s minds, but they can eventually. And in the meantime, they help forge real connections across a diverse and complex society.

Two new books examine the complexities and divisions which bedeviled Syria's rebels

The Israel-Hamas conflict, and its possible turn toward direct urban warfare, reminded me of an old article I published in 2010 (link to ungated PDF) in Comparative Political Studies on urban insurgen...

The information has fueled doubts in the United States that Iran, a longtime supporter of the Palestinian militant group, played a direct role in planning the assault in Israel.