Troubled Peace: Explaining Political Violence in Post-Conflict Settings My research is about violence after war. Contrary to received wisdom, violent societies are not a natural outcome of war. Violence is not ubiquitous in post-war countries. It does not…
“We’re in the Danger Zone”: A Conversation with Caroline Mehl …Republicans. How real is the threat that polarization leads to violence in the real world? There’s a difference between political violence and civil war. I don’t think civil war is…
Insurgent Fragmentation and State Attachment in the Syrian Civil War Syria has been ravaged by conflict since 2011, when an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s authoritarian rule spiraled into civil war. From the start, but especially in its first few…
Words of War: Does Negotiation End or Extend Conflict? “In Words of War, Eric Min pulls back the curtain on when, why, and how belligerents negotiate while fighting.” – Cornell University Press Negotiations during war have long been used to…
One Year Later: Reflections on How Syrian Opposition Groups United to Oust Assad …commanders to study how Syrian armed groups had united and splintered since the onset of the war. Syria’s civil war began in 2011 following a government crackdown on popular protests…
Under Many Fires: Factors Influencing the Adoption of Female Circumcision by Southern Sudanese War-Displaced Women in Khartoum The people of Southern Sudan have been enduring the effects of the longest running civil war in the world. This war, which was prompted by the Sudanese government’s policies of…
The Dynamics of Violence in Civil War: Evaluating the Impact of Ethnicity on Violence …effect on the dynamics of violence during the civil war. Factors related to the conduct of warfare (the resources of the rival sides, the level of militarization of the conflict,…
The Militarization of Nuer and Dinka Community Life: A Comparative Field Study of the Transformative Impact of Sudan’s Unresolved War …to carry out fieldwork on evolving patterns of inter- and intra-ethnic violence in war-torn regions of the Western Upper Nile (a.k.a. Unity State), southern Sudan—including six months of intensive field…
Violence Against Women and Social Changes in Postcommunist Societies The main aim of the survey was to examine the ways in which social changes in postcommunist and war-affected societies influence the vulnerability of women to violence (domestic violence and…
Sexual Justice in the American Civil War The Sexual Justice in the American Civil War Project is the first comprehensive study of the response of the Union military to allegations of sexual assault against women and girls…
