Sanctions Against Non-State Armed Actors
Sanctions research and policy focus on states, giving little attention to challenges of targeting non-state armed actors, making sanctions less effective.
External Support and Civil War Termination
When rebel groups receive outside financial support, civil wars are more than two times less likely to end compared to receiving non-financial support.
Rethinking Security, Violence, and Development from the Margins
Questioning assumptions about violence, security, and development shows how violence manifests in different contexts, in relation to power and inequality.
How Do “Violent Flanks” Affect the Outcomes of Nonviolent Campaigns?
Violent flanks that emerge from within otherwise nonviolent campaigns appear to decrease these campaigns’ likelihood of success.
Counterproductive Effects of Military Counterterrorism Strategies
Military action is often an ineffective and counterproductive tool for countering terrorism, as it fuels grievances of already marginalized communities.
Health Effects of the Syrian War on Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees
Exposure to the Syrian war is directly associated with high rates of PTSD, suicide, and poor physical and mental health among Syrian refugees and IDPs.
Experiential Learning as a Tool for Teaching About Global Complexity and Conflict
Experiential learning activities are effective tools for teaching abstract theoretical concepts related to global complexity and conflict.
Human Costs of Military Intervention
Between 1960 and 2005, 106 countries (democracies and non-democracies) have suffered reduced quality of life due to foreign military interventions.
Motivations for Domestic Right-Wing Terrorism in the United States
Symbolic targets and threats to identity privilege are more important to motivating right-wing terrorism than objections to policy or economic factors.
Reasons for Leaving Terrorist Organizations
The most prominent “push factors” in terrorist disengagement are forms of disillusionment, as well as to some extent burnout.
The Unintended Consequences of “Robust” UN Peace Operations
Robust peacekeeping may succeed in protecting civilians in the short-term but has unintended effects that may jeopardize the broader work of UN missions.
