Use the Force: Part II
The notion that states have a monopoly on violence is more aspirational than actual. Violence occurs regularly below the level of states and can build to regular criminal capacity. While…
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The notion that states have a monopoly on violence is more aspirational than actual. Violence occurs regularly below the level of states and can build to regular criminal capacity. While…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Faced with limited public trust in policing, and especially with the…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. When the Syrian civil war came to Aleppo, it was hardly the first…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Battles are a curious event, requiring two participants but whose timing…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. People are creatures of geography. From the moment we are born into the…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. From what raw material conditions does the field of International…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. War complicates the decision to become a parent. For civilians caught up…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Caring for an infant is a beyond full-time job, but it has only recently…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. When the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003, together with the…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. When the British Crown imposed rule on India by force (and through…