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 …can have a powerful impact on the rate of human violence. This finding lends credence to the notion that human violence is a solvable problem and is not an intrinsic…
“We Need to Value Black Lives in the Same Way That We Value Others”: A Conversation with Kami Chavis …a link between the kinds of police violence that we’ve been talking about and the gun violence that we see in the streets of American cities? I think that they’re…
Cataloging Murder: Tracking Violence Against Public Figures in Central America …level of violence against public figures, followed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama, with Costa Rica and Belize having the lowest levels of violence against public figures. Violence increased…
Violence, Politics & Democracy Speaker Series …to violence. As part of the Violence, Politics, & Democracy initiative, HFG will host a series of live and virtual discussions with scholars and practitioners to advance understanding of antidemocratic…
“Tensions Are Very High”: Ahead of Côte d’Ivoire’s Controversial Presidential Election, Peace and Reconciliation Remain Unfinished …the implementation, rather than the model itself, that was the primary problem. “Based on the interviews, and also based on my archival research, I got to know that a lot…
‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’: How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence …in mature democracies to understand and counter political violence and other forces that damage democratic norms and institutions, imperiling the safety of citizens. Based on a review of more than…
‘A Diffused Climate of Threats and Intimidation’: A Conversation with Daniel Stid …about things too narrowly and too rationally. So the first learning was: the problem of polarization is much more complicated and based in psychology and irrational impulses than we originally…
Ethnic Conflict and Socioeconomic Development in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria Since the end of the Cold War, ethnic conflicts scattered all over the world and often taking place within nations (intrastate) have been the most prevalent form of global violence….
The Chinese Must Go: The Violent Birth of American Border Control …of Chinese immigrants. In The Chinese Must Go, I show how American immigration policies incited this violence and how the violence, in turn, provoked new exclusionary policies. Ultimately, I argue, Chinese…
Alcohol: The Aggression Elixir? …indicating that alcohol consumption is strongly linked to verbal aggression, aggressive threats, family violence, marital aggression, violence-related emergency-room visits, child abuse, firearm use, sexual aggression, homicide, and suicide. A well-designed…
