Checking In On Democratic Peace: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. “Democratic peace” is a concept that was once a shibboleth in…
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Money, Money, Money… Crypto!
BLUF: Cryptocurrency is an extremely complicated online currency. In an effort to protect its users from potential global economic collapse, the online currency is decentralized from any…
Sexual Violence in Conflict: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week, we began our look at the study of wartime sexual violence…
Sexual Violence in Conflict: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. A new article in the Annual Review of Political Science by field…
Rebels with a Business Cause: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week in Deep Dive, we looked at new research about how insurgents…
The Cautionary Tale of the Pipeline
Let me tell you a scary story. In this story, a shadowy hacking group with Russian-sounding accents insert malware into the computers of one of America’s most important pieces of…
Rebels With A Business Cause: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Much of the rhetoric around smuggling trades and insurgency operates…
Let’s Talk About Space, Baby
BLUF: The militarization of space isn’t new. It dates back to WWII — and Reagan was pretty into it, too. But the 2019 announcement of a new military branch, Space Force, kicked off a new…
The Stuff of Life and Death: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week on Deep Dive, we looked at the objects that victims of human…
The Stuff of Life and Death: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Political violence research doesn’t analyze the physical artifacts of…