Ordinary Soldiers? A Case Study of the Nazi-Soviet War of Annihilation …summary execution of Red Army political commissars and the shooting of Red Army prisoners of war by the division. Additionally, the division’s treatment of prisoners of war, both in times…
Hurt Sentiments and Blasphemy in South Asia …In this book project, I cross political and territorial boundaries to bring together cases of censorship that allegedly “hurt sentiments” of individuals and religious communities. The landmark lawsuits that I…
Police Special Operations and Armed Criminal Groups in Rio de Janeiro The territorial control exerted by drug-trafficking “factions” and racketeering groups called “milícias” over poor neighborhoods has been a crucial public problem in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil….
In Practice Landing Page …diplomacy on conflicts like the war in Ukraine, the ways emerging diseases, including COVID-19 and avian flu, may bring both illness and violence, and how political violence can fuel migration….
Nuclear Complacency: A Report from Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation …which the robust scholarship, activism, and diplomacy of the past 80 years have been replaced by public indifference, political de-prioritization, and military buildup of these weapons. Read the report (PDF)…