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…
HFG Welcomes its 2025 Emerging Scholars …CORANTIN, HALEY ALLEN DEMARCO, JIMMY GRAHAM; SECOND ROW: REBEKAH JONES, SAAD LAKHANI, ANNAH MCCURRY, KARMVIR PADDA, JESSIE WALDMAN, DANIEL WAQAR “Relationship aggression, police violence against civilians, political violence from above…
Fueling the Fires: How Corruption and Conflict Keep Each Other Burning …addressing these twin ills to secure a durable peace. As conflicts in Afghanistan, Guatemala, South Sudan, and other countries have shown, corruption can become an entrenched feature of political economies…
The Mind of the Segregationist …we must learn how they found and exploited the fissures and pressure points in southern white society. The conflict between the white South’s political and religious institutions helps us begin…
Violence and Dysphoria: The Villagization of Kinshasa and the Role of Healers …the early 1990s, of the dismissal of justice claims and the dismantling of State institutions. Many feel victimized by the political misrule of today and by the ruthless economic world…