Nationalism and Violence in Two Post-Soviet Republics: Azerbaijan and Moldova …moment, as in the case of many imperial breakdowns, the level of ethnic violence increased markedly compared to the era of Soviet hegemony. My previous research examining ethnic identification in…
“It’s Time to Be Very Afraid”: A Conversation with Peter Coleman …we see from international conflicts over a 200-year period is that something like 95 percent of protracted international conflicts end within ten years of some kind of political shock. COVID…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023-2024 African Fellows …All are doctoral candidates at African universities exploring important problems of violence related to the African continent. Fellows are investigating topics, including inter-ethnic conflict, democratization, and political protests. The fellowship…
Diaspora and Conflict: The Liberians of Staten Island …knowledge, transmitted back home inasmuch as I saw no evidence of Staten Islanders funding conflict in Liberia. The conflict was thus incubated in exile. The second research product was an…
Pathways to Conflict: The Impact of Climate Change on Violence “As extreme weather events become more frequent, the risk of conflict is likely to rise, driven by their effects on economic stability, agriculture, and migration.” (Vally Koubi, 2025) In her…
The Impact of Climate Change on Conflict “[W]hile climate change is not the primary driver of conflict, it can exacerbate conflict risks, particularly in regions with weak governance, high inequality, and political instability,” Vally Koubi writes in…
Fueling the Fires: How Corruption and Conflict Keep Each Other Burning …Fueling the Fires: How Corruption and Conflict Keep Each Other Burning, which examines the “vicious cycle” of conflict and corruption, using examples from Afghanistan, Guatemala, South Sudan, Myanmar, and beyond….
“None of Us Dared Say Anything”: Mass Killing in a Bosnian Community During World War II and the Postwar Culture of Silence …and children “of the Muslim population”—were killed by their neighbors, described as “insurgents” and “Serbs.” The folders offered only a glimpse of this multi-ethnic community’s sudden descent into intercommunal violence….
Dynamics of Violence in Conventional Civil Wars …that was fought along ethnic lines. Thanks to the HFG research grant, I was able to build a provincial level dataset on violence during the armed conflict in Côte d’Ivoire…
War and Economic Development in Vietnam and Sierra Leone …ethnic or religious lines. Though our findings may help make sense of the rapid economic growth and political consolidation that some countries have experienced following protracted armed conflict, more empirical…
