Postcolonial Aspirations and Intimacies of Violence Among Gebusi of the Nomad Area, Papua New GuineaandThe Role of Culture in the Early Evolution of Human Violence …rate of homicide when figured on a per capita basis per annum. Cases of sorcery were seldom avenged or were brought to the police by Gebusi themselves for conflict resolution;…
Seeing Like a Peacebuilder: An Ethnography of International Intervention Why do international peace interventions so often fail to reach their full potential? To answer this question, I conducted several years of research in conflict zones around the world, including…
Armed Politics and the State in Post-Colonial Asia The political relationships between governments and armed groups differ dramatically. Sometimes they are locked in intense conflict, in other contexts they cut live-and-let-live deals, and in yet others they cooperate…
When Comrades Go to War: Post-Liberation Movements, Elite Politics and the Internal Dynamics of Africa’s Great War …conflict that had its roots in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 and erupted in two phases (1996 and 1998), claiming the lives of more than four million Africans. These findings…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2021 Emerging Scholars …post-conflict peace efforts in Côte d’Ivoire. TOP FROM LEFT: FRANCIS ABUGBILLA, HANNAH BARON, MARIANA CARVALHO, MADELEINE HAMLIN, LOTTE HOUWINK TEN CATE, JIWON LEE KIM, JOSHUA SCHWARTZ, THOMAS STEVENS In selecting…
“The Problem Comes from the Top”: A Conversation with Yphtach Lelkes …and creating coalitions to pass bills. When there is a flattening of conflict, there’s no room for compromise. When everyone on your side believes one thing and everyone on the…
‘A Diffused Climate of Threats and Intimidation’: A Conversation with Daniel Stid …to defund Obamacare. That was the hyper-partisan, ideologically framed conflict that made us say, “This is the problem: the bipartisan space for policymaking has really completely eroded.” Very early on,…
HFG Welcomes its 2024 Emerging Scholars …others are examining how justice systems handle it, and some are studying effective ways to foster peace after conflict. These eleven students and their research projects are excellent investments in…
Insurgent Fragmentation and State Attachment in the Syrian Civil War Syria has been ravaged by conflict since 2011, when an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s authoritarian rule spiraled into civil war. From the start, but especially in its first few…
In the Name of Christ: Religious Violence and Its Legitimacy in Mexico (1920–2020) …religious violence in Mexico recognizes the conflicts and divisions that existed between the clergy and lay groups and organizations, as well as within the clergy, regarding the legitimacy of violence….
