The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict …vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view…
International Sanctions against Violent Actors In International Sanctions against Violent Actors, Dursun Peksen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis, examines the extent to which international sanctions affect political violence committed by state…
“Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection” …Surulola Eke, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, who studies links among autochthony, natural resources, and conflicts in West Africa, and Charles Larratt-Smith, an assistant professor of political science…
“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” …political science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSkPfFHQRb4&t=2367s This, the first installment of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation’s Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence speaker series, was moderated by HFG Program Officer Nyeleti Honwana joined by…
“Evidence Doesn’t Seem to Play a Key Role”: A Conversation with David Weisburd …and practice. A vocal advocate of evidence-based policymaking, he has served as the chief science advisor to the National Police Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to innovative policing. He also played…
Race/Ethnicity, Space, and Political Culture: A Comparative Study of Collective Violence in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles …urban centers and to examine the effects of differences in political organization and culture and police discipline and behavior, with the goal of recommending policies that could defuse tensions—not by…
The Psychological Sequelae of Political Torture in South Africa Most research on persons subjected to physical torture for political reasons has framed this experience as traumatic, with the sequelae approximating the diagnostic criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder. However, responses…
Salzburg Global: Polarization and Violent Threats to Democratic Systems …of Polarization and Political Violence. The report suggested steps to reduce political violence and restore democratic trust in countries where this is a problem. For more information contact: Nyeleti Honwana,…
Violence Against Public Figures Fuels Central American Immigration …brush with the kind of political violence that bedevils countries like Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. From its earliest days, the president’s political career has been centered on a critique…
HFG Emerging Scholars …Africa Keïsha Corantin (Geography, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). Producing the City Through Violence: The Criminal Regulation of the Informal Land Market in Medellín, Colombia Haley Allen DeMarco (Political Science, Yale…
