Constitutional Design: Many Architects, No Buildings …foreign-trained experts), Bosnia (representatives of the international community), and Cyprus (the U.N.). So incoherence is not incompatible with ethnic conciliation, but serious attention to the coherent package problem is still…
Violence and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Study of Kingston, Jamaica …and the role that connections to the state play in those armed projects. The gang that controlled Kingston Western was involved in a multifaceted criminal enterprise focused on international arms…
Competitive Intervention and its Consequences for Civil Wars …bargaining processes, describes the unique strategic dilemmas it entails for third-party interveners, and links its varying prevalence to international systemic change. It uncovers a feature of this form of intervention—namely,…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2020 Distinguished Scholars …contributions to understanding the causes, manifestations, and control of violence across the globe. The international cohort of scholars, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are investigating a rich and varied…
“Understanding the Drivers of Violent Extremism in Africa” Panel …African American Studies at Harvard University. Rachel Sweet is Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame….
“Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection” …today; how migrants are shaping conflict landscapes; and how we reconcile international agendas with local and regional realities. It highlighted the legalities and policies around international regional and local migrant…
“Pluralism Is a Learned Value”: A Conversation with Dan Vallone …evil force bent on destroying America’s social and cultural fabric.” More in Common, an international nonprofit organization, has devoted a significant amount of intellectual energy to exploring public perceptions about…
The Czechoslovak Arms Industry and the Changing Face of Global Warfare, 1859–1989 …poetry of Russian avant-gardist Vladimir Mayakovsky. This book examines the place of Czechoslovakia in the international communist movement; its complex relationship to the Soviet Union and the Russian revolution; and…
Pathways to Conflict: The Impact of Climate Change on Violence …virtual conversation took place on Thursday, March 27. Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADNMs7LzMKg Vally Koubi is a Professor and Senior Scientist at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at the…
‘The Potential for Terrorism Is Pretty Frightening’: A Conversation with Gary LaFree …data. I was at the University of Maryland, and I had been doing a lot of work on international homicide rates. One of my graduate students told me about this…
