Malvinas/Falklands War: Argentine Experiences of the 1982 Conflict Through Letters, War Diaries, and Amateur Photographs by Soldiers and Civilians Mobilized During the War …cause” in Argentine political culture and also an idealization about Patagonia and Malvinas. Additionally, I found a large amount of correspondence from civilians who were volunteers to go to islands…
“You Can Reduce Violence But Harm People”: A Conversation with Caterina Roman …to fall into two categories: an effort to score political points or a search for simple, silver-bullet answers to what’s going on. I talk to my students a lot about…
“Violence and the Law at War”: Dr. Craig Jones Dr. Craig Jones Dr. Craig Jones is the author of The War Lawyers and a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, and Politics at Newcastle University. “Violence and…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars …in Southern Thailand Laura Blume (University of Nevada, Reno) Cataloguing Murder: Tracking Violence Against Public Figures in Central America Abby Cordova (University of Notre Dame) Violence against Women and Political…
Government Legitimacy, Social Solidarity, and American Homicide in Historical Perspective …in mature democracies to better understand and counter political violence and other forces that damage democratic norms and institutions, imperiling the safety of citizens. Read or download the report (PDF)…
The Environmental Making of Sendero Luminoso: Drought, Famine, and Revolution in the Peruvian Andes, 1983–1986 My original research project aimed to explore the intersection of two major events in Peru’s recent history. On the one hand, the militarization of the Internal Armed Conflict, a sociopolitical…
In Search of Popular Sovereignty: British Rule and the Great Revolt (1936–39) in Palestine …landowning, trade, and government office, British rule and the growth of Jewish colonization under its wings brought about profound social, political, and economic changes. The “youth trend” became the largest,…
The Carceral State in Conflict: Between Reconciliation and Radicalization …engage in a negotiation over their “carceral citizenship.” The reorganization of the “one carceral state” thus changed the citizenship regime in Israel/Palestine. Current literature on political prisoners is dominated by…
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…
When Militaries Turn Against Authoritarians: Lessons from Tunisia and the Arab Spring …“A lot of research on this topic is done by political scientists working in the field of civil-military relations,” Gallopin says. Their typically retrospective approach, he explains, has tended to…
