Author

US military checkpoints in Iraq and other places where US troops are present are considered normal and necessary components of security. When attacked, the vulnerability of the checkpoints…

Since the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in 2000, the international community has devoted a great deal of attention to the importance of women’s participation…

Teaching on topics of war and peace can be challenging under the best circumstances but even more so when students are not given the tools to effectively engage with the curriculum.…

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first term in the early 2000s, the country has used strategic propaganda that combines political and sexual discourse to undermine Ukrainian…

Past research on gender and governance has shown that countries where women have greater access to political representation tend to spend less on the military, are less likely to use force…

Violence often occurs as a response to real or perceived threats, insults, or provocation, and an individual’s beliefs about how their culture expects them to react to such threats often…

In a recent journal article on North Korean provocations, Ashley AC Hess examines the relationship between North Korean (DPRK) actions — labeled as “provocations” — and…

Debates on civilian protection in war zones have largely centered on the role played by international actors — UN peacekeepers, NATO military intervention forces, and so on — in…

The number of nonviolent campaigns has grown drastically since the 1980s. Past research shows violent conflict often spreads between neighboring countries through a ‘spillover effect’.…

The debate over how military spending impacts a country’s economy has been fiercely argued, and the results of studies trying to understand this relationship have been mixed. Early…